Pocahontas County vs Worth County

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

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

Worth County has the higher population (7,380 vs 7,040 in Pocahontas County). Worth County has the higher median household income ($76,875 vs $63,423 in Pocahontas County). Worth County has the higher median home value ($142,300 vs $93,300 in Pocahontas County).

Population, income & housing

	Pocahontas County	Worth County
Population	7,040	7,380
Median age	43.9 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,423	$76,875
Median home value	$93,300	$142,300
Median gross rent	$743	$703
Housing units	3,658	3,487
Homeownership rate	78.6%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pocahontas County	Worth County
Population	6,797 → 7,040 (+3.6%)	7,445 → 7,380 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$52,448 → $63,423 (+20.9%)	$57,130 → $76,875 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $93,300 (+22.8%)	$106,700 → $142,300 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$597 → $743 (+24.5%)	$591 → $703 (+19.0%)

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

Worth County

Population

7,4457,380

Median household income

$57,130$76,875

Median home value

$106,700$142,300

Median gross rent

$591$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pocahontas County	Worth County
Under 5	6.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.8%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.6%	12.8%
75 and over	10.9%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pocahontas County	Worth County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pocahontas County	Worth County
No high school diploma	8.6%	5.8%
High school graduate	36.0%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pocahontas County	Worth County
Drove alone	77.8%	76.4%
Carpooled	11.8%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	11.2%
Other means	1.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pocahontas County	Worth County
1-unit, detached	89.4%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	3.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Pocahontas County	Worth County
Poverty rate	8.7%	7.3%
Average household size	2.24	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1951	1949