Belmond vs Rowan

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

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

Belmond has the higher population (2,678 vs 209 in Rowan). Belmond has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $57,500 in Rowan). Since 2019, Rowan's population has grown faster (+49.3% vs +8.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Belmond	Rowan
Population	2,678	209
Median age	38.7 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$57,500
Median home value	$110,800	—
Median gross rent	$820	—
Housing units	1,170	91
Homeownership rate	78.8%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmond	Rowan
Population	2,466 → 2,678 (+8.6%)	140 → 209 (+49.3%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $58,750 (+6.8%)	$39,000 → $57,500 (+47.4%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $110,800 (+30.4%)	$39,400 → $28,600 (-27.4%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $820 (+37.8%)	$583 → $600 (+2.9%)

Belmond

Population

2,4662,678

Median household income

$55,000$58,750

Median home value

$85,000$110,800

Median gross rent

$595$820

Rowan

Population

140209

Median household income

$39,000$57,500

Median home value

$39,400$28,600

Median gross rent

$583$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmond	Rowan
Under 5	6.0%	13.9%
5 to 17	25.1%	18.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.2%	16.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	6.2%
45 to 54	6.3%	17.2%
55 to 64	10.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.1%
75 and over	14.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmond	Rowan
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	72.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmond	Rowan
No high school diploma	3.7%	14.5%
High school graduate	32.1%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmond	Rowan
Drove alone	84.2%	94.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmond	Rowan
1-unit, detached	84.8%	94.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Belmond	Rowan
Poverty rate	17.6%	23.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	20	40
Median year structure built	1965	1938