Corning vs Nodaway

A side-by-side comparison of Corning and Nodaway: population, income, housing, and more.

Corning and Nodaway are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Corning has the higher population (1,573 vs 65 in Nodaway). Corning has the higher median household income ($60,446 vs $47,500 in Nodaway). Corning has the higher median home value ($84,700 vs $46,300 in Nodaway).

Population, income & housing

	Corning	Nodaway
Population	1,573	65
Median age	46.9 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,446	$47,500
Median home value	$84,700	$46,300
Median gross rent	$750	—
Housing units	909	29
Homeownership rate	72.2%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corning	Nodaway
Population	1,577 → 1,573 (-0.3%)	84 → 65 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$47,330 → $60,446 (+27.7%)	$36,250 → $47,500 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$72,900 → $84,700 (+16.2%)	$48,800 → $46,300 (-5.1%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $750 (+35.4%)	—

Corning

Population

1,5771,573

Median household income

$47,330$60,446

Median home value

$72,900$84,700

Median gross rent

$554$750

Nodaway

Population

8465

Median household income

$36,250$47,500

Median home value

$48,800$46,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corning	Nodaway
Under 5	4.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.6%	13.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	6.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	7.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	18.5%
65 to 74	12.0%	29.2%
75 and over	13.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corning	Nodaway
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corning	Nodaway
No high school diploma	7.7%	13.7%
High school graduate	32.5%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corning	Nodaway
Drove alone	73.6%	73.1%
Carpooled	13.2%	19.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	7.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corning	Nodaway
1-unit, detached	83.9%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Corning	Nodaway
Poverty rate	11.4%	12.3%
Average household size	2.15	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	16	35
Median year structure built	1952	1938