Eagle Grove vs Rowan

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

Eagle Grove and Rowan 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 209 in Rowan). Eagle Grove has the higher median household income ($58,458 vs $57,500 in Rowan). Since 2019, Rowan's population has grown faster (+49.3% vs +4.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Grove	Rowan
Population	3,588	209
Median age	33.6 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,458	$57,500
Median home value	$95,100	—
Median gross rent	$991	—
Housing units	1,488	91
Homeownership rate	65.3%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Grove	Rowan
Population	3,429 → 3,588 (+4.6%)	140 → 209 (+49.3%)
Median household income	$50,694 → $58,458 (+15.3%)	$39,000 → $57,500 (+47.4%)
Median home value	$82,900 → $95,100 (+14.7%)	$39,400 → $28,600 (-27.4%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $991 (+63.5%)	$583 → $600 (+2.9%)

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

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)

	Eagle Grove	Rowan
Under 5	7.0%	13.9%
5 to 17	24.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	16.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	6.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	17.2%
55 to 64	10.1%	9.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.1%
75 and over	7.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Grove	Rowan
White (non-Hispanic)	57.5%	72.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	35.2%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Grove	Rowan
No high school diploma	11.1%	14.5%
High school graduate	46.9%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Grove	Rowan
Drove alone	68.5%	94.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	0.0%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Grove	Rowan
1-unit, detached	81.3%	94.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Eagle Grove	Rowan
Poverty rate	22.5%	23.4%
Average household size	2.67	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	40
Median year structure built	1951	1938