Van Horne is home to 612 people in Iowa. Owners hold 85% of the housing stock. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 22% of adults. 0% of residents were born outside the United States. The typical home is worth $184,500, having more than doubled since 2000. Renters pay $725 a month at the median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $77,344, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
22% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Van Horne
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree19.4% → 22.5%(+3.1 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Population712 → 612(−14%)US over the same years: +35%
Homes owned by their occupants76.7% → 84.9%(+8.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Van Horne's population equals 2.4% of Benton County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.9% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 4.8% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)50%(15)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)23.3%(7)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era26.7%(8)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 30 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Van Horne, decade by decade
Van Horne population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
712
$71,772
$103,203
19.4%
2.1
2000
716
$81,974
$152,655
15.8%
7.2
2010
682
$72,153
$157,092
16.5%
4.2
2020
774
$87,873
$164,958
22.2%
14.0
2024
612
$77,344
$184,500
22.5%
7.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
