Eagle Grove vs Goldfield

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

Eagle Grove and Goldfield 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 616 in Goldfield). Eagle Grove has the higher median household income ($58,458 vs $54,500 in Goldfield). Eagle Grove has the higher median home value ($95,100 vs $87,800 in Goldfield).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Grove	Goldfield
Population	3,588	616
Median age	33.6 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,458	$54,500
Median home value	$95,100	$87,800
Median gross rent	$991	$535
Housing units	1,488	320
Homeownership rate	65.3%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Grove	Goldfield
Population	3,429 → 3,588 (+4.6%)	672 → 616 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$50,694 → $58,458 (+15.3%)	$51,607 → $54,500 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$82,900 → $95,100 (+14.7%)	$62,800 → $87,800 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $991 (+63.5%)	$583 → $535 (-8.2%)

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

Goldfield

Population

672616

Median household income

$51,607$54,500

Median home value

$62,800$87,800

Median gross rent

$583$535

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle Grove	Goldfield
Under 5	7.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	24.8%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	17.5%
45 to 54	8.1%	8.4%
55 to 64	10.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	23.5%
75 and over	7.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Grove	Goldfield
White (non-Hispanic)	57.5%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	35.2%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Grove	Goldfield
No high school diploma	11.1%	9.6%
High school graduate	46.9%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Grove	Goldfield
Drove alone	68.5%	83.6%
Carpooled	9.5%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	7.3%
Other means	3.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Grove	Goldfield
1-unit, detached	81.3%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	5.3%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eagle Grove	Goldfield
Poverty rate	22.5%	13.1%
Average household size	2.67	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1951	1941