Chelsea vs Montour

A side-by-side comparison of Chelsea and Montour: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chelsea has the higher population (342 vs 163 in Montour). Montour has the higher median household income ($95,500 vs $32,188 in Chelsea). Montour has the higher median home value ($99,600 vs $43,100 in Chelsea).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea	Montour
Population	342	163
Median age	35.5 yrs	55.8 yrs
Median household income	$32,188	$95,500
Median home value	$43,100	$99,600
Median gross rent	$681	—
Housing units	155	93
Homeownership rate	94.5%	98.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea	Montour
Population	272 → 342 (+25.7%)	254 → 163 (-35.8%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $32,188 (-34.0%)	$50,938 → $95,500 (+87.5%)
Median home value	$38,000 → $43,100 (+13.4%)	$74,400 → $99,600 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $681 (+1.9%)	$920 → $913 (-0.8%)

Chelsea

Population

272342

Median household income

$48,750$32,188

Median home value

$38,000$43,100

Median gross rent

$668$681

Montour

Population

254163

Median household income

$50,938$95,500

Median home value

$74,400$99,600

Median gross rent

$920$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelsea	Montour
Under 5	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	28.9%	7.4%
18 to 24	2.0%	2.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	1.8%
35 to 44	33.0%	19.0%
45 to 54	3.2%	18.4%
55 to 64	8.2%	27.0%
65 to 74	4.1%	18.4%
75 and over	3.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea	Montour
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	29.8%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea	Montour
No high school diploma	30.9%	9.5%
High school graduate	44.4%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea	Montour
Drove alone	70.2%	85.0%
Carpooled	20.7%	3.7%
Public transit	4.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea	Montour
1-unit, detached	96.8%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea	Montour
Poverty rate	35.7%	5.5%
Average household size	2.69	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	42	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938