Birmingham vs Cantril

A side-by-side comparison of Birmingham and Cantril: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Birmingham has the higher population (479 vs 307 in Cantril). Birmingham has the higher median household income ($58,688 vs $37,500 in Cantril). Birmingham has the higher median home value ($97,300 vs $76,200 in Cantril).

Population, income & housing

	Birmingham	Cantril
Population	479	307
Median age	51.6 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,688	$37,500
Median home value	$97,300	$76,200
Median gross rent	$442	$1,025
Housing units	255	174
Homeownership rate	78.1%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birmingham	Cantril
Population	607 → 479 (-21.1%)	314 → 307 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $58,688 (+23.6%)	$42,632 → $37,500 (-12.0%)
Median home value	$64,200 → $97,300 (+51.6%)	$69,500 → $76,200 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $442 (-25.8%)	$1,063 → $1,025 (-3.6%)

Birmingham

Population

607479

Median household income

$47,500$58,688

Median home value

$64,200$97,300

Median gross rent

$596$442

Cantril

Population

314307

Median household income

$42,632$37,500

Median home value

$69,500$76,200

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birmingham	Cantril
Under 5	3.3%	13.4%
5 to 17	16.5%	9.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	7.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	4.9%
45 to 54	14.4%	7.2%
55 to 64	20.3%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	14.3%
75 and over	11.1%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birmingham	Cantril
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birmingham	Cantril
No high school diploma	7.2%	18.7%
High school graduate	44.1%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birmingham	Cantril
Drove alone	80.7%	91.5%
Carpooled	16.8%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birmingham	Cantril
1-unit, detached	81.6%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Birmingham	Cantril
Poverty rate	14.5%	8.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1943	1972