Humeston vs Lineville

A side-by-side comparison of Humeston and Lineville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Humeston has the higher population (505 vs 261 in Lineville). Humeston has the higher median household income ($52,446 vs $51,375 in Lineville). Humeston has the higher median home value ($65,000 vs $51,900 in Lineville).

Population, income & housing

	Humeston	Lineville
Population	505	261
Median age	51.7 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,446	$51,375
Median home value	$65,000	$51,900
Median gross rent	$546	$463
Housing units	287	130
Homeownership rate	73.6%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Humeston	Lineville
Population	484 → 505 (+4.3%)	259 → 261 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$37,386 → $52,446 (+40.3%)	$51,042 → $51,375 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$59,700 → $65,000 (+8.9%)	$44,400 → $51,900 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$480 → $546 (+13.8%)	$486 → $463 (-4.7%)

Humeston

Population

484505

Median household income

$37,386$52,446

Median home value

$59,700$65,000

Median gross rent

$480$546

Lineville

Population

259261

Median household income

$51,042$51,375

Median home value

$44,400$51,900

Median gross rent

$486$463

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Humeston	Lineville
Under 5	3.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	21.5%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.2%
25 to 34	8.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	6.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	19.2%
55 to 64	16.8%	18.8%
65 to 74	18.0%	3.4%
75 and over	12.5%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Humeston	Lineville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	89.3%
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	0.4%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Humeston	Lineville
No high school diploma	7.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	39.8%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Humeston	Lineville
Drove alone	70.8%	83.1%
Carpooled	21.5%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Humeston	Lineville
1-unit, detached	77.7%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Humeston	Lineville
Poverty rate	14.9%	21.1%
Average household size	2.15	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	26	50
Median year structure built	1971	1968