Pottawattamie County vs Warren County

A side-by-side comparison of Pottawattamie County and Warren County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pottawattamie County has the higher population (93,407 vs 53,484 in Warren County). Warren County has the higher median household income ($92,990 vs $71,446 in Pottawattamie County). Warren County has the higher median home value ($252,800 vs $183,600 in Pottawattamie County).

Population, income & housing

	Pottawattamie County	Warren County
Population	93,407	53,484
Median age	40.1 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,446	$92,990
Median home value	$183,600	$252,800
Median gross rent	$970	$975
Housing units	40,022	21,473
Homeownership rate	70.3%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pottawattamie County	Warren County
Population	93,393 → 93,407 (+0.0%)	50,076 → 53,484 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$60,065 → $71,446 (+18.9%)	$77,048 → $92,990 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$139,800 → $183,600 (+31.3%)	$187,200 → $252,800 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $970 (+15.2%)	$807 → $975 (+20.8%)

Pottawattamie County

Population

93,39393,407

Median household income

$60,065$71,446

Median home value

$139,800$183,600

Median gross rent

$842$970

Warren County

Population

50,07653,484

Median household income

$77,048$92,990

Median home value

$187,200$252,800

Median gross rent

$807$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pottawattamie County	Warren County
Under 5	5.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.7%
75 and over	7.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pottawattamie County	Warren County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	92.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pottawattamie County	Warren County
No high school diploma	9.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	33.9%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pottawattamie County	Warren County
Drove alone	80.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.9%	13.6%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pottawattamie County	Warren County
1-unit, detached	75.1%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	6.1%
20 or more units	5.7%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Pottawattamie County	Warren County
Poverty rate	10.9%	5.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1967	1984