Cushing vs Danbury

A side-by-side comparison of Cushing and Danbury: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Danbury has the higher population (291 vs 213 in Cushing). Cushing has the higher median household income ($70,139 vs $64,028 in Danbury). Danbury has the higher median home value ($75,700 vs $57,700 in Cushing).

Population, income & housing

	Cushing	Danbury
Population	213	291
Median age	31.1 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,139	$64,028
Median home value	$57,700	$75,700
Median gross rent	$725	$750
Housing units	77	162
Homeownership rate	73.3%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cushing	Danbury
Population	175 → 213 (+21.7%)	376 → 291 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $70,139 (+60.3%)	$53,229 → $64,028 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$48,100 → $57,700 (+20.0%)	$80,400 → $75,700 (-5.8%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $725 (+48.6%)	$472 → $750 (+58.9%)

Cushing

Population

175213

Median household income

$43,750$70,139

Median home value

$48,100$57,700

Median gross rent

$488$725

Danbury

Population

376291

Median household income

$53,229$64,028

Median home value

$80,400$75,700

Median gross rent

$472$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cushing	Danbury
Under 5	8.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	24.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.1%
25 to 34	17.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	5.5%
45 to 54	7.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.3%	19.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	15.5%
75 and over	6.6%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cushing	Danbury
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	99.3%
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	4.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cushing	Danbury
No high school diploma	10.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	32.6%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cushing	Danbury
Drove alone	76.5%	82.8%
Carpooled	19.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	8.6%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cushing	Danbury
1-unit, detached	100.0%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cushing	Danbury
Poverty rate	22.1%	11.3%
Average household size	2.84	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	31	18
Median year structure built	1938	1938