Crawfordsville vs Kalona

A side-by-side comparison of Crawfordsville and Kalona: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kalona has the higher population (2,679 vs 322 in Crawfordsville). Crawfordsville has the higher median household income ($73,929 vs $72,766 in Kalona). Kalona has the higher median home value ($221,300 vs $87,000 in Crawfordsville).

Population, income & housing

	Crawfordsville	Kalona
Population	322	2,679
Median age	32.4 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,929	$72,766
Median home value	$87,000	$221,300
Median gross rent	$621	$819
Housing units	112	1,222
Homeownership rate	82.7%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crawfordsville	Kalona
Population	353 → 322 (-8.8%)	2,520 → 2,679 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$56,406 → $73,929 (+31.1%)	$58,446 → $72,766 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $87,000 (+16.0%)	$162,800 → $221,300 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $621 (-20.3%)	$753 → $819 (+8.8%)

Crawfordsville

Population

353322

Median household income

$56,406$73,929

Median home value

$75,000$87,000

Median gross rent

$779$621

Kalona

Population

2,5202,679

Median household income

$58,446$72,766

Median home value

$162,800$221,300

Median gross rent

$753$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crawfordsville	Kalona
Under 5	10.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	22.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	9.0%
55 to 64	6.8%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	15.7%
75 and over	10.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crawfordsville	Kalona
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	5.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crawfordsville	Kalona
No high school diploma	9.1%	9.2%
High school graduate	37.6%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crawfordsville	Kalona
Drove alone	79.2%	72.0%
Carpooled	14.4%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	4.8%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	12.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crawfordsville	Kalona
1-unit, detached	83.0%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Crawfordsville	Kalona
Poverty rate	7.5%	3.1%
Average household size	3.29	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1938	1978