Climbing Hill vs Pierson

A side-by-side comparison of Climbing Hill and Pierson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pierson has the higher population (291 vs 70 in Climbing Hill). Climbing Hill has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $85,300 in Pierson). Since 2019, Climbing Hill's population has grown faster (-7.9% vs -37.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Climbing Hill	Pierson
Population	70	291
Median age	54.7 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$56,563
Median home value	$125,000	$85,300
Median gross rent	—	$644
Housing units	29	120
Homeownership rate	100.0%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Climbing Hill	Pierson
Population	76 → 70 (-7.9%)	468 → 291 (-37.8%)
Median household income	$41,042 → $67,679 (+64.9%)	$49,659 → $56,563 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $125,000 (+5.2%)	$60,000 → $85,300 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$689 → $644 (-6.5%)

Climbing Hill

Population

7670

Median household income

$41,042$67,679

Median home value

$118,800$125,000

Pierson

Population

468291

Median household income

$49,659$56,563

Median home value

$60,000$85,300

Median gross rent

$689$644

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Climbing Hill	Pierson
Under 5	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	27.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.1%
25 to 34	20.0%	16.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	34.3%	6.5%
55 to 64	4.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	5.7%	8.2%
75 and over	35.7%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Climbing Hill	Pierson
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Climbing Hill	Pierson
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	47.1%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Climbing Hill	Pierson
Drove alone	100.0%	83.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Climbing Hill	Pierson
1-unit, detached	82.8%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Climbing Hill	Pierson
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.6%
Average household size	2.92	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938