Danbury vs Smithland

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

Danbury and Smithland 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 148 in Smithland). Smithland has the higher median household income ($83,000 vs $64,028 in Danbury). Danbury has the higher median home value ($75,700 vs $75,400 in Smithland).

Population, income & housing

	Danbury	Smithland
Population	291	148
Median age	51.2 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,028	$83,000
Median home value	$75,700	$75,400
Median gross rent	$750	$725
Housing units	162	93
Homeownership rate	82.0%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danbury	Smithland
Population	376 → 291 (-22.6%)	200 → 148 (-26.0%)
Median household income	$53,229 → $64,028 (+20.3%)	$44,063 → $83,000 (+88.4%)
Median home value	$80,400 → $75,700 (-5.8%)	$61,000 → $75,400 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$472 → $750 (+58.9%)	$763 → $725 (-5.0%)

Danbury

Population

376291

Median household income

$53,229$64,028

Median home value

$80,400$75,700

Median gross rent

$472$750

Smithland

Population

200148

Median household income

$44,063$83,000

Median home value

$61,000$75,400

Median gross rent

$763$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danbury	Smithland
Under 5	6.5%	1.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	12.2%
18 to 24	3.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	5.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	8.8%
55 to 64	19.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	15.5%	14.9%
75 and over	10.0%	23.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danbury	Smithland
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	90.5%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danbury	Smithland
No high school diploma	6.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	41.7%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danbury	Smithland
Drove alone	82.8%	79.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	4.1%
Other means	0.8%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danbury	Smithland
1-unit, detached	90.7%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Danbury	Smithland
Poverty rate	11.3%	4.7%
Average household size	2.09	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	18	33
Median year structure built	1938	1951