Hanlontown vs Kensett

A side-by-side comparison of Hanlontown and Kensett: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hanlontown has the higher population (243 vs 241 in Kensett). Hanlontown has the higher median household income ($70,729 vs $40,278 in Kensett). Hanlontown has the higher median home value ($107,100 vs $64,000 in Kensett).

Population, income & housing

	Hanlontown	Kensett
Population	243	241
Median age	44.2 yrs	56.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,729	$40,278
Median home value	$107,100	$64,000
Median gross rent	$781	$629
Housing units	115	155
Homeownership rate	73.9%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanlontown	Kensett
Population	182 → 243 (+33.5%)	279 → 241 (-13.6%)
Median household income	$72,857 → $70,729 (-2.9%)	$35,000 → $40,278 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$91,700 → $107,100 (+16.8%)	$70,500 → $64,000 (-9.2%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $781 (+43.3%)	$555 → $629 (+13.3%)

Hanlontown

Population

182243

Median household income

$72,857$70,729

Median home value

$91,700$107,100

Median gross rent

$545$781

Kensett

Population

279241

Median household income

$35,000$40,278

Median home value

$70,500$64,000

Median gross rent

$555$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hanlontown	Kensett
Under 5	4.9%	1.2%
5 to 17	18.9%	9.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	5.8%
35 to 44	6.6%	6.2%
45 to 54	7.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	23.5%	29.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	17.8%
75 and over	9.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanlontown	Kensett
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanlontown	Kensett
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.7%
High school graduate	36.7%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanlontown	Kensett
Drove alone	73.0%	82.2%
Carpooled	11.7%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hanlontown	Kensett
1-unit, detached	97.4%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Hanlontown	Kensett
Poverty rate	2.5%	9.5%
Average household size	2.19	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938