Belmond vs Eagle Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Belmond and Eagle Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eagle Grove has the higher population (3,588 vs 2,678 in Belmond). Belmond has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $58,458 in Eagle Grove). Belmond has the higher median home value ($110,800 vs $95,100 in Eagle Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Belmond	Eagle Grove
Population	2,678	3,588
Median age	38.7 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$58,458
Median home value	$110,800	$95,100
Median gross rent	$820	$991
Housing units	1,170	1,488
Homeownership rate	78.8%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmond	Eagle Grove
Population	2,466 → 2,678 (+8.6%)	3,429 → 3,588 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $58,750 (+6.8%)	$50,694 → $58,458 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $110,800 (+30.4%)	$82,900 → $95,100 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $820 (+37.8%)	$606 → $991 (+63.5%)

Belmond

Population

2,4662,678

Median household income

$55,000$58,750

Median home value

$85,000$110,800

Median gross rent

$595$820

Eagle Grove

Population

3,4293,588

Median household income

$50,694$58,458

Median home value

$82,900$95,100

Median gross rent

$606$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmond	Eagle Grove
Under 5	6.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	25.1%	24.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	9.2%	14.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	6.3%	8.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	10.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.4%
75 and over	14.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmond	Eagle Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	57.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	35.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmond	Eagle Grove
No high school diploma	3.7%	11.1%
High school graduate	32.1%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmond	Eagle Grove
Drove alone	84.2%	68.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.7%	12.9%
Other means	0.8%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmond	Eagle Grove
1-unit, detached	84.8%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	4.4%
20 or more units	7.9%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmond	Eagle Grove
Poverty rate	17.6%	22.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1965	1951