Audubon County vs Taylor County

A side-by-side comparison of Audubon County and Taylor County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Taylor County has the higher population (5,901 vs 5,622 in Audubon County). Taylor County has the higher median household income ($67,279 vs $54,152 in Audubon County). Audubon County has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $109,700 in Taylor County).

Population, income & housing

	Audubon County	Taylor County
Population	5,622	5,901
Median age	47.4 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,152	$67,279
Median home value	$110,400	$109,700
Median gross rent	$707	$707
Housing units	2,786	2,890
Homeownership rate	76.4%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Audubon County	Taylor County
Population	5,571 → 5,622 (+0.9%)	6,167 → 5,901 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$52,055 → $54,152 (+4.0%)	$50,431 → $67,279 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $110,400 (+38.9%)	$80,600 → $109,700 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $707 (+21.5%)	$568 → $707 (+24.5%)

Audubon County

Population

5,5715,622

Median household income

$52,055$54,152

Median home value

$79,500$110,400

Median gross rent

$582$707

Taylor County

Population

6,1675,901

Median household income

$50,431$67,279

Median home value

$80,600$109,700

Median gross rent

$568$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Audubon County	Taylor County
Under 5	6.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	16.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	12.2%
75 and over	11.7%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Audubon County	Taylor County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Audubon County	Taylor County
No high school diploma	8.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	36.2%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Audubon County	Taylor County
Drove alone	81.6%	77.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.8%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	3.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Audubon County	Taylor County
1-unit, detached	92.6%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Audubon County	Taylor County
Poverty rate	11.8%	10.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1950	1952