Bonaparte vs Cantril

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

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

Bonaparte has the higher population (382 vs 307 in Cantril). Bonaparte has the higher median household income ($40,000 vs $37,500 in Cantril). Cantril has the higher median home value ($76,200 vs $68,500 in Bonaparte).

Population, income & housing

	Bonaparte	Cantril
Population	382	307
Median age	36.0 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,000	$37,500
Median home value	$68,500	$76,200
Median gross rent	$450	$1,025
Housing units	177	174
Homeownership rate	61.0%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonaparte	Cantril
Population	459 → 382 (-16.8%)	314 → 307 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $40,000 (+4.9%)	$42,632 → $37,500 (-12.0%)
Median home value	$51,500 → $68,500 (+33.0%)	$69,500 → $76,200 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $450 (-23.2%)	$1,063 → $1,025 (-3.6%)

Bonaparte

Population

459382

Median household income

$38,125$40,000

Median home value

$51,500$68,500

Median gross rent

$586$450

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)

	Bonaparte	Cantril
Under 5	7.6%	13.4%
5 to 17	25.1%	9.4%
18 to 24	11.3%	5.9%
25 to 34	6.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	4.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	7.2%
55 to 64	5.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	15.4%	14.3%
75 and over	6.3%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonaparte	Cantril
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonaparte	Cantril
No high school diploma	8.9%	18.7%
High school graduate	45.3%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonaparte	Cantril
Drove alone	68.9%	91.5%
Carpooled	12.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonaparte	Cantril
1-unit, detached	71.2%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Bonaparte	Cantril
Poverty rate	11.3%	8.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1941	1972