Goldfield vs Rowan

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

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

Goldfield has the higher population (616 vs 209 in Rowan). Rowan has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $54,500 in Goldfield). Since 2019, Rowan's population has grown faster (+49.3% vs -8.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Goldfield	Rowan
Population	616	209
Median age	45.4 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,500	$57,500
Median home value	$87,800	—
Median gross rent	$535	—
Housing units	320	91
Homeownership rate	80.9%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goldfield	Rowan
Population	672 → 616 (-8.3%)	140 → 209 (+49.3%)
Median household income	$51,607 → $54,500 (+5.6%)	$39,000 → $57,500 (+47.4%)
Median home value	$62,800 → $87,800 (+39.8%)	$39,400 → $28,600 (-27.4%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $535 (-8.2%)	$583 → $600 (+2.9%)

Goldfield

Population

672616

Median household income

$51,607$54,500

Median home value

$62,800$87,800

Median gross rent

$583$535

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)

	Goldfield	Rowan
Under 5	1.5%	13.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	16.7%
35 to 44	17.5%	6.2%
45 to 54	8.4%	17.2%
55 to 64	15.3%	9.6%
65 to 74	23.5%	9.1%
75 and over	3.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goldfield	Rowan
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	72.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goldfield	Rowan
No high school diploma	9.6%	14.5%
High school graduate	32.0%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goldfield	Rowan
Drove alone	83.6%	94.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	0.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goldfield	Rowan
1-unit, detached	86.3%	94.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Goldfield	Rowan
Poverty rate	13.1%	23.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	20	40
Median year structure built	1941	1938