Ida County vs Pocahontas County

A side-by-side comparison of Ida County and Pocahontas County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pocahontas County has the higher population (7,040 vs 6,944 in Ida County). Pocahontas County has the higher median household income ($63,423 vs $62,841 in Ida County). Ida County has the higher median home value ($108,800 vs $93,300 in Pocahontas County).

Population, income & housing

	Ida County	Pocahontas County
Population	6,944	7,040
Median age	42.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,841	$63,423
Median home value	$108,800	$93,300
Median gross rent	$669	$743
Housing units	3,365	3,658
Homeownership rate	77.6%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ida County	Pocahontas County
Population	6,901 → 6,944 (+0.6%)	6,797 → 7,040 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$58,427 → $62,841 (+7.6%)	$52,448 → $63,423 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$100,900 → $108,800 (+7.8%)	$76,000 → $93,300 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $669 (+25.8%)	$597 → $743 (+24.5%)

Ida County

Population

6,9016,944

Median household income

$58,427$62,841

Median home value

$100,900$108,800

Median gross rent

$532$669

Pocahontas County

Population

6,7977,040

Median household income

$52,448$63,423

Median home value

$76,000$93,300

Median gross rent

$597$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ida County	Pocahontas County
Under 5	5.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.3%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.6%
75 and over	9.9%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ida County	Pocahontas County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ida County	Pocahontas County
No high school diploma	6.6%	8.6%
High school graduate	38.2%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ida County	Pocahontas County
Drove alone	81.3%	77.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.7%	6.7%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ida County	Pocahontas County
1-unit, detached	85.9%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	2.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Ida County	Pocahontas County
Poverty rate	10.4%	8.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1952	1951