Crawfordsville vs West Chester

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

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

Crawfordsville has the higher population (322 vs 168 in West Chester). Crawfordsville has the higher median household income ($73,929 vs $49,750 in West Chester). Crawfordsville has the higher median home value ($87,000 vs $73,800 in West Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Crawfordsville	West Chester
Population	322	168
Median age	32.4 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,929	$49,750
Median home value	$87,000	$73,800
Median gross rent	$621	$718
Housing units	112	67
Homeownership rate	82.7%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	17.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crawfordsville	West Chester
Population	353 → 322 (-8.8%)	82 → 168 (+104.9%)
Median household income	$56,406 → $73,929 (+31.1%)	$47,750 → $49,750 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $87,000 (+16.0%)	$54,400 → $73,800 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $621 (-20.3%)	—

Crawfordsville

Population

353322

Median household income

$56,406$73,929

Median home value

$75,000$87,000

Median gross rent

$779$621

West Chester

Population

82168

Median household income

$47,750$49,750

Median home value

$54,400$73,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crawfordsville	West Chester
Under 5	10.2%	1.8%
5 to 17	22.0%	23.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	17.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	6.8%	7.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	4.8%
75 and over	10.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crawfordsville	West Chester
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crawfordsville	West Chester
No high school diploma	9.1%	12.6%
High school graduate	37.6%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crawfordsville	West Chester
Drove alone	79.2%	96.7%
Carpooled	14.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	3.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crawfordsville	West Chester
1-unit, detached	83.0%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	25.4%

Poverty & households

	Crawfordsville	West Chester
Poverty rate	7.5%	28.0%
Average household size	3.29	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1938	1938