Birmingham vs Keosauqua

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

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

Keosauqua has the higher population (1,014 vs 479 in Birmingham). Birmingham has the higher median household income ($58,688 vs $52,083 in Keosauqua). Keosauqua has the higher median home value ($108,000 vs $97,300 in Birmingham).

Population, income & housing

	Birmingham	Keosauqua
Population	479	1,014
Median age	51.6 yrs	54.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,688	$52,083
Median home value	$97,300	$108,000
Median gross rent	$442	$440
Housing units	255	472
Homeownership rate	78.1%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birmingham	Keosauqua
Population	607 → 479 (-21.1%)	951 → 1,014 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $58,688 (+23.6%)	$45,750 → $52,083 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$64,200 → $97,300 (+51.6%)	$100,000 → $108,000 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $442 (-25.8%)	$591 → $440 (-25.5%)

Birmingham

Population

607479

Median household income

$47,500$58,688

Median home value

$64,200$97,300

Median gross rent

$596$442

Keosauqua

Population

9511,014

Median household income

$45,750$52,083

Median home value

$100,000$108,000

Median gross rent

$591$440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birmingham	Keosauqua
Under 5	3.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.5%	9.8%
18 to 24	4.4%	3.8%
25 to 34	7.1%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	7.1%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	20.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	20.2%
75 and over	11.1%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birmingham	Keosauqua
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birmingham	Keosauqua
No high school diploma	7.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	44.1%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birmingham	Keosauqua
Drove alone	80.7%	81.9%
Carpooled	16.8%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	3.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birmingham	Keosauqua
1-unit, detached	81.6%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Birmingham	Keosauqua
Poverty rate	14.5%	10.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1943	1970