Crawford County vs Madison County

A side-by-side comparison of Crawford County and Madison County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Madison County has the higher population (16,760 vs 16,289 in Crawford County). Madison County has the higher median household income ($89,542 vs $65,039 in Crawford County). Madison County has the higher median home value ($236,900 vs $136,300 in Crawford County).

Population, income & housing

	Crawford County	Madison County
Population	16,289	16,760
Median age	37.9 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,039	$89,542
Median home value	$136,300	$236,900
Median gross rent	$727	$938
Housing units	6,852	7,031
Homeownership rate	78.7%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crawford County	Madison County
Population	17,034 → 16,289 (-4.4%)	16,012 → 16,760 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$55,755 → $65,039 (+16.7%)	$66,316 → $89,542 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$93,400 → $136,300 (+45.9%)	$177,500 → $236,900 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $727 (+15.2%)	$789 → $938 (+18.9%)

Crawford County

Population

17,03416,289

Median household income

$55,755$65,039

Median home value

$93,400$136,300

Median gross rent

$631$727

Madison County

Population

16,01216,760

Median household income

$66,316$89,542

Median home value

$177,500$236,900

Median gross rent

$789$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crawford County	Madison County
Under 5	6.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.2%	19.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.4%
75 and over	7.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crawford County	Madison County
White (non-Hispanic)	62.8%	94.3%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	30.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crawford County	Madison County
No high school diploma	16.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	35.7%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crawford County	Madison County
Drove alone	76.7%	75.7%
Carpooled	10.3%	5.6%
Public transit	2.8%	0.1%
Walked	3.5%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	14.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crawford County	Madison County
1-unit, detached	76.8%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	2.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Crawford County	Madison County
Poverty rate	16.4%	6.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1963	1977