Maxwell vs Zearing

A side-by-side comparison of Maxwell and Zearing: population, income, housing, and more.

Maxwell and Zearing are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Maxwell has the higher population (789 vs 584 in Zearing). Maxwell has the higher median household income ($85,789 vs $67,031 in Zearing). Maxwell has the higher median home value ($147,300 vs $138,600 in Zearing).

Population, income & housing

	Maxwell	Zearing
Population	789	584
Median age	38.3 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$85,789	$67,031
Median home value	$147,300	$138,600
Median gross rent	$625	$1,125
Housing units	363	202
Homeownership rate	86.1%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maxwell	Zearing
Population	784 → 789 (+0.6%)	534 → 584 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$71,667 → $85,789 (+19.7%)	$53,750 → $67,031 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$118,100 → $147,300 (+24.7%)	$100,600 → $138,600 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $625 (+7.9%)	$663 → $1,125 (+69.7%)

Maxwell

Population

784789

Median household income

$71,667$85,789

Median home value

$118,100$147,300

Median gross rent

$579$625

Zearing

Population

534584

Median household income

$53,750$67,031

Median home value

$100,600$138,600

Median gross rent

$663$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maxwell	Zearing
Under 5	5.3%	10.8%
5 to 17	20.5%	20.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	3.8%
25 to 34	16.7%	17.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	6.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.0%
75 and over	5.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maxwell	Zearing
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	67.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	16.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maxwell	Zearing
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.7%
High school graduate	31.3%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maxwell	Zearing
Drove alone	90.2%	65.2%
Carpooled	1.0%	28.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maxwell	Zearing
1-unit, detached	92.3%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Maxwell	Zearing
Poverty rate	9.8%	22.3%
Average household size	2.33	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1941	1959