Appanoose County vs Wright County

A side-by-side comparison of Appanoose County and Wright County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wright County has the higher population (12,817 vs 12,242 in Appanoose County). Wright County has the higher median household income ($64,033 vs $51,146 in Appanoose County). Appanoose County has the higher median home value ($119,800 vs $109,800 in Wright County).

Population, income & housing

	Appanoose County	Wright County
Population	12,242	12,817
Median age	45.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,146	$64,033
Median home value	$119,800	$109,800
Median gross rent	$779	$788
Housing units	6,314	6,266
Homeownership rate	69.1%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appanoose County	Wright County
Population	12,452 → 12,242 (-1.7%)	12,739 → 12,817 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$40,167 → $51,146 (+27.3%)	$53,333 → $64,033 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $119,800 (+47.2%)	$85,500 → $109,800 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $779 (+24.8%)	$626 → $788 (+25.9%)

Appanoose County

Population

12,45212,242

Median household income

$40,167$51,146

Median home value

$81,400$119,800

Median gross rent

$624$779

Wright County

Population

12,73912,817

Median household income

$53,333$64,033

Median home value

$85,500$109,800

Median gross rent

$626$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appanoose County	Wright County
Under 5	4.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.5%	19.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.2%	12.4%
75 and over	10.2%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appanoose County	Wright County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	77.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	18.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appanoose County	Wright County
No high school diploma	10.3%	7.3%
High school graduate	36.7%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appanoose County	Wright County
Drove alone	79.3%	79.7%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.5%	8.8%
Other means	1.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appanoose County	Wright County
1-unit, detached	77.0%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	3.2%
20 or more units	5.7%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Appanoose County	Wright County
Poverty rate	20.4%	14.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1964	1957