Corning vs Prescott

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

Corning and Prescott 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 248 in Prescott). Prescott has the higher median household income ($66,750 vs $60,446 in Corning). Corning has the higher median home value ($84,700 vs $65,000 in Prescott).

Population, income & housing

	Corning	Prescott
Population	1,573	248
Median age	46.9 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,446	$66,750
Median home value	$84,700	$65,000
Median gross rent	$750	$920
Housing units	909	108
Homeownership rate	72.2%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corning	Prescott
Population	1,577 → 1,573 (-0.3%)	196 → 248 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$47,330 → $60,446 (+27.7%)	$46,250 → $66,750 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$72,900 → $84,700 (+16.2%)	$44,400 → $65,000 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $750 (+35.4%)	$758 → $920 (+21.4%)

Corning

Population

1,5771,573

Median household income

$47,330$60,446

Median home value

$72,900$84,700

Median gross rent

$554$750

Prescott

Population

196248

Median household income

$46,250$66,750

Median home value

$44,400$65,000

Median gross rent

$758$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corning	Prescott
Under 5	4.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	5.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	7.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	26.2%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.9%
75 and over	13.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corning	Prescott
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	94.0%
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%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corning	Prescott
No high school diploma	7.7%	1.1%
High school graduate	32.5%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corning	Prescott
Drove alone	73.6%	77.5%
Carpooled	13.2%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	9.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	7.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corning	Prescott
1-unit, detached	83.9%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Corning	Prescott
Poverty rate	11.4%	3.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1952	1938