Ida County vs Taylor County

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

Ida 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.

Ida County has the higher population (6,944 vs 5,901 in Taylor County). Taylor County has the higher median household income ($67,279 vs $62,841 in Ida County). Taylor County has the higher median home value ($109,700 vs $108,800 in Ida County).

Population, income & housing

	Ida County	Taylor County
Population	6,944	5,901
Median age	42.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,841	$67,279
Median home value	$108,800	$109,700
Median gross rent	$669	$707
Housing units	3,365	2,890
Homeownership rate	77.6%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ida County	Taylor County
Population	6,901 → 6,944 (+0.6%)	6,167 → 5,901 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$58,427 → $62,841 (+7.6%)	$50,431 → $67,279 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$100,900 → $108,800 (+7.8%)	$80,600 → $109,700 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $669 (+25.8%)	$568 → $707 (+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

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)

	Ida County	Taylor County
Under 5	5.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.3%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.2%
75 and over	9.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ida County	Taylor County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ida County	Taylor County
No high school diploma	6.6%	8.0%
High school graduate	38.2%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	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)

	Ida County	Taylor County
Drove alone	81.3%	77.7%
Carpooled	5.8%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.7%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	3.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ida County	Taylor County
1-unit, detached	85.9%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	2.1%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Ida County	Taylor County
Poverty rate	10.4%	10.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1952	1952