Blakesburg vs Chillicothe

A side-by-side comparison of Blakesburg and Chillicothe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blakesburg has the higher population (252 vs 50 in Chillicothe). Chillicothe has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $48,750 in Blakesburg). Chillicothe has the higher median home value ($82,500 vs $79,400 in Blakesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Blakesburg	Chillicothe
Population	252	50
Median age	38.7 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$68,750
Median home value	$79,400	$82,500
Median gross rent	$589	—
Housing units	129	25
Homeownership rate	67.6%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	17.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blakesburg	Chillicothe
Population	248 → 252 (+1.6%)	97 → 50 (-48.5%)
Median household income	$30,104 → $48,750 (+61.9%)	$53,929 → $68,750 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $79,400 (+15.7%)	$58,600 → $82,500 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$506 → $589 (+16.4%)	—

Blakesburg

Population

248252

Median household income

$30,104$48,750

Median home value

$68,600$79,400

Median gross rent

$506$589

Chillicothe

Population

9750

Median household income

$53,929$68,750

Median home value

$58,600$82,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blakesburg	Chillicothe
Under 5	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	10.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.5%	20.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	2.0%
45 to 54	8.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	18.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	22.0%
75 and over	14.3%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blakesburg	Chillicothe
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blakesburg	Chillicothe
No high school diploma	4.8%	7.1%
High school graduate	39.0%	59.5%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blakesburg	Chillicothe
Drove alone	89.0%	66.7%
Carpooled	0.8%	19.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blakesburg	Chillicothe
1-unit, detached	69.0%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Blakesburg	Chillicothe
Poverty rate	20.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1938	1978