Blakesburg vs Kirkville

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

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

Kirkville has the higher population (254 vs 252 in Blakesburg). Blakesburg has the higher median home value ($79,400 vs $77,500 in Kirkville). Since 2019, Kirkville's population has grown faster (+27.6% vs +1.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Blakesburg	Kirkville
Population	252	254
Median age	38.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	—
Median home value	$79,400	$77,500
Median gross rent	$589	—
Housing units	129	91
Homeownership rate	67.6%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	0.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blakesburg	Kirkville
Population	248 → 252 (+1.6%)	199 → 254 (+27.6%)
Median household income	$30,104 → $48,750 (+61.9%)	$45,625 → $70,000 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $79,400 (+15.7%)	$52,300 → $77,500 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$506 → $589 (+16.4%)	$906 → $913 (+0.8%)

Blakesburg

Population

248252

Median household income

$30,104$48,750

Median home value

$68,600$79,400

Median gross rent

$506$589

Kirkville

Population

199254

Median household income

$45,625$70,000

Median home value

$52,300$77,500

Median gross rent

$906$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blakesburg	Kirkville
Under 5	3.6%	1.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	23.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	12.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	2.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	18.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.3%	19.7%
65 to 74	12.7%	6.7%
75 and over	14.3%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blakesburg	Kirkville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	99.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blakesburg	Kirkville
No high school diploma	4.8%	13.8%
High school graduate	39.0%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	0.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blakesburg	Kirkville
Drove alone	89.0%	84.5%
Carpooled	0.8%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blakesburg	Kirkville
1-unit, detached	69.0%	57.1%
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%	42.9%

Poverty & households

	Blakesburg	Kirkville
Poverty rate	20.3%	8.7%
Average household size	2.33	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1938	1979