Van Buren County vs Worth County

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

Van Buren 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 7,236 in Van Buren County). Worth County has the higher median household income ($76,875 vs $60,183 in Van Buren County). Worth County has the higher median home value ($142,300 vs $118,800 in Van Buren County).

Population, income & housing

	Van Buren County	Worth County
Population	7,236	7,380
Median age	44.8 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,183	$76,875
Median home value	$118,800	$142,300
Median gross rent	$686	$703
Housing units	3,506	3,487
Homeownership rate	83.1%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Van Buren County	Worth County
Population	7,150 → 7,236 (+1.2%)	7,445 → 7,380 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$48,591 → $60,183 (+23.9%)	$57,130 → $76,875 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$92,800 → $118,800 (+28.0%)	$106,700 → $142,300 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$571 → $686 (+20.1%)	$591 → $703 (+19.0%)

Van Buren County

Population

7,1507,236

Median household income

$48,591$60,183

Median home value

$92,800$118,800

Median gross rent

$571$686

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)

	Van Buren County	Worth County
Under 5	6.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	13.8%	12.8%
75 and over	9.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Van Buren County	Worth County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Van Buren County	Worth County
No high school diploma	10.7%	5.8%
High school graduate	36.7%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Van Buren County	Worth County
Drove alone	73.3%	76.4%
Carpooled	10.9%	8.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	3.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	11.2%
Other means	0.9%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Van Buren County	Worth County
1-unit, detached	84.5%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Van Buren County	Worth County
Poverty rate	12.2%	7.3%
Average household size	2.47	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1971	1949