Kossuth County vs Mills County

A side-by-side comparison of Kossuth County and Mills County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kossuth County has the higher population (14,610 vs 14,563 in Mills County). Mills County has the higher median household income ($87,810 vs $65,656 in Kossuth County). Mills County has the higher median home value ($228,700 vs $135,100 in Kossuth County).

Population, income & housing

	Kossuth County	Mills County
Population	14,610	14,563
Median age	45.0 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,656	$87,810
Median home value	$135,100	$228,700
Median gross rent	$859	$888
Housing units	7,220	6,119
Homeownership rate	75.3%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kossuth County	Mills County
Population	14,978 → 14,610 (-2.5%)	15,034 → 14,563 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$56,073 → $65,656 (+17.1%)	$72,079 → $87,810 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$102,100 → $135,100 (+32.3%)	$168,900 → $228,700 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $859 (+26.5%)	$826 → $888 (+7.5%)

Kossuth County

Population

14,97814,610

Median household income

$56,073$65,656

Median home value

$102,100$135,100

Median gross rent

$679$859

Mills County

Population

15,03414,563

Median household income

$72,079$87,810

Median home value

$168,900$228,700

Median gross rent

$826$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kossuth County	Mills County
Under 5	5.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.3%
75 and over	11.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kossuth County	Mills County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kossuth County	Mills County
No high school diploma	5.3%	4.4%
High school graduate	33.1%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kossuth County	Mills County
Drove alone	78.2%	76.9%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.8%	9.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kossuth County	Mills County
1-unit, detached	84.8%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	1.9%
20 or more units	2.7%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Kossuth County	Mills County
Poverty rate	9.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.20	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1961	1973