Adair County vs Worth County

A side-by-side comparison of Adair County and Worth County: population, income, housing, and more.

Adair County and Worth County are counties in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Adair County has the higher population (7,471 vs 7,380 in Worth County). Worth County has the higher median household income ($76,875 vs $66,176 in Adair County). Worth County has the higher median home value ($142,300 vs $140,600 in Adair County).

Population, income & housing

	Adair County	Worth County
Population	7,471	7,380
Median age	42.6 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,176	$76,875
Median home value	$140,600	$142,300
Median gross rent	$730	$703
Housing units	3,595	3,487
Homeownership rate	73.6%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adair County	Worth County
Population	7,085 → 7,471 (+5.4%)	7,445 → 7,380 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$53,363 → $66,176 (+24.0%)	$57,130 → $76,875 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$104,600 → $140,600 (+34.4%)	$106,700 → $142,300 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $730 (+24.8%)	$591 → $703 (+19.0%)

Adair County

Population

7,0857,471

Median household income

$53,363$66,176

Median home value

$104,600$140,600

Median gross rent

$585$730

Worth County

Population

7,4457,380

Median household income

$57,130$76,875

Median home value

$106,700$142,300

Median gross rent

$591$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adair County	Worth County
Under 5	6.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	12.8%
75 and over	10.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adair County	Worth County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	93.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adair County	Worth County
No high school diploma	5.5%	5.8%
High school graduate	40.5%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adair County	Worth County
Drove alone	80.8%	76.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	2.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	11.2%
Other means	0.5%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adair County	Worth County
1-unit, detached	86.3%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Adair County	Worth County
Poverty rate	10.3%	7.3%
Average household size	2.24	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1958	1949