Floyd County vs Harrison County

A side-by-side comparison of Floyd County and Harrison County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Floyd County has the higher population (15,502 vs 14,645 in Harrison County). Harrison County has the higher median household income ($77,027 vs $64,500 in Floyd County). Harrison County has the higher median home value ($165,300 vs $133,300 in Floyd County).

Population, income & housing

	Floyd County	Harrison County
Population	15,502	14,645
Median age	44.2 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,500	$77,027
Median home value	$133,300	$165,300
Median gross rent	$672	$854
Housing units	7,308	6,679
Homeownership rate	74.4%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Floyd County	Harrison County
Population	15,786 → 15,502 (-1.8%)	14,089 → 14,645 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$50,406 → $64,500 (+28.0%)	$63,854 → $77,027 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$106,200 → $133,300 (+25.5%)	$120,600 → $165,300 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$539 → $672 (+24.7%)	$715 → $854 (+19.4%)

Floyd County

Population

15,78615,502

Median household income

$50,406$64,500

Median home value

$106,200$133,300

Median gross rent

$539$672

Harrison County

Population

14,08914,645

Median household income

$63,854$77,027

Median home value

$120,600$165,300

Median gross rent

$715$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Floyd County	Harrison County
Under 5	6.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	11.3%
75 and over	9.9%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Floyd County	Harrison County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	95.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Floyd County	Harrison County
No high school diploma	5.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	42.9%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Floyd County	Harrison County
Drove alone	79.6%	81.4%
Carpooled	8.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	2.5%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.1%	8.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Floyd County	Harrison County
1-unit, detached	83.2%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	3.2%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Floyd County	Harrison County
Poverty rate	11.4%	7.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1960	1952