Barnum vs Harcourt

A side-by-side comparison of Barnum and Harcourt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barnum has the higher population (279 vs 240 in Harcourt). Barnum has the higher median household income ($83,580 vs $59,375 in Harcourt). Barnum has the higher median home value ($132,500 vs $66,100 in Harcourt).

Population, income & housing

	Barnum	Harcourt
Population	279	240
Median age	27.1 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$83,580	$59,375
Median home value	$132,500	$66,100
Median gross rent	$495	$692
Housing units	115	149
Homeownership rate	91.6%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnum	Harcourt
Population	246 → 279 (+13.4%)	308 → 240 (-22.1%)
Median household income	$40,938 → $83,580 (+104.2%)	$51,250 → $59,375 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $132,500 (+60.2%)	$73,100 → $66,100 (-9.6%)
Median gross rent	$446 → $495 (+11.0%)	$556 → $692 (+24.5%)

Barnum

Population

246279

Median household income

$40,938$83,580

Median home value

$82,700$132,500

Median gross rent

$446$495

Harcourt

Population

308240

Median household income

$51,250$59,375

Median home value

$73,100$66,100

Median gross rent

$556$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnum	Harcourt
Under 5	14.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	28.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	3.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	18.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	2.9%	6.3%
45 to 54	18.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	5.7%	23.3%
65 to 74	7.2%	15.4%
75 and over	1.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnum	Harcourt
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	93.3%
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	5.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnum	Harcourt
No high school diploma	7.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	30.2%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	60.4%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnum	Harcourt
Drove alone	83.1%	87.3%
Carpooled	6.5%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.2%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnum	Harcourt
1-unit, detached	93.0%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barnum	Harcourt
Poverty rate	11.5%	14.0%
Average household size	2.61	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	17	32
Median year structure built	1984	1958