Kensett vs Northwood

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

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

Northwood has the higher population (2,170 vs 241 in Kensett). Northwood has the higher median household income ($64,615 vs $40,278 in Kensett). Northwood has the higher median home value ($124,800 vs $64,000 in Kensett).

Population, income & housing

	Kensett	Northwood
Population	241	2,170
Median age	56.9 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,278	$64,615
Median home value	$64,000	$124,800
Median gross rent	$629	$583
Housing units	155	961
Homeownership rate	79.7%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kensett	Northwood
Population	279 → 241 (-13.6%)	2,297 → 2,170 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $40,278 (+15.1%)	$52,600 → $64,615 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$70,500 → $64,000 (-9.2%)	$97,600 → $124,800 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $629 (+13.3%)	$680 → $583 (-14.3%)

Kensett

Population

279241

Median household income

$35,000$40,278

Median home value

$70,500$64,000

Median gross rent

$555$629

Northwood

Population

2,2972,170

Median household income

$52,600$64,615

Median home value

$97,600$124,800

Median gross rent

$680$583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kensett	Northwood
Under 5	1.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	9.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	5.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	6.2%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	29.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	17.8%	11.2%
75 and over	8.3%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kensett	Northwood
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kensett	Northwood
No high school diploma	5.7%	3.8%
High school graduate	47.9%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kensett	Northwood
Drove alone	82.2%	77.7%
Carpooled	5.4%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kensett	Northwood
1-unit, detached	87.1%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Kensett	Northwood
Poverty rate	9.5%	5.2%
Average household size	1.75	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1938	1952