Cantril vs Keosauqua

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

Cantril 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 307 in Cantril). Keosauqua has the higher median household income ($52,083 vs $37,500 in Cantril). Keosauqua has the higher median home value ($108,000 vs $76,200 in Cantril).

Population, income & housing

	Cantril	Keosauqua
Population	307	1,014
Median age	52.3 yrs	54.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,500	$52,083
Median home value	$76,200	$108,000
Median gross rent	$1,025	$440
Housing units	174	472
Homeownership rate	82.4%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cantril	Keosauqua
Population	314 → 307 (-2.2%)	951 → 1,014 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$42,632 → $37,500 (-12.0%)	$45,750 → $52,083 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$69,500 → $76,200 (+9.6%)	$100,000 → $108,000 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,025 (-3.6%)	$591 → $440 (-25.5%)

Cantril

Population

314307

Median household income

$42,632$37,500

Median home value

$69,500$76,200

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,025

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)

	Cantril	Keosauqua
Under 5	13.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	9.4%	9.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	3.8%
25 to 34	14.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	4.9%	7.1%
45 to 54	7.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	15.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	20.2%
75 and over	15.6%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cantril	Keosauqua
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cantril	Keosauqua
No high school diploma	18.7%	6.1%
High school graduate	43.4%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cantril	Keosauqua
Drove alone	91.5%	81.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cantril	Keosauqua
1-unit, detached	90.2%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Cantril	Keosauqua
Poverty rate	8.3%	10.3%
Average household size	2.07	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1972	1970