Nodaway vs Prescott

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

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

Prescott has the higher population (248 vs 65 in Nodaway). Prescott has the higher median household income ($66,750 vs $47,500 in Nodaway). Prescott has the higher median home value ($65,000 vs $46,300 in Nodaway).

Population, income & housing

	Nodaway	Prescott
Population	65	248
Median age	60.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$66,750
Median home value	$46,300	$65,000
Median gross rent	—	$920
Housing units	29	108
Homeownership rate	89.3%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nodaway	Prescott
Population	84 → 65 (-22.6%)	196 → 248 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $47,500 (+31.0%)	$46,250 → $66,750 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$48,800 → $46,300 (-5.1%)	$44,400 → $65,000 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$758 → $920 (+21.4%)

Nodaway

Population

8465

Median household income

$36,250$47,500

Median home value

$48,800$46,300

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)

	Nodaway	Prescott
Under 5	3.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	6.2%	5.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	16.1%
45 to 54	7.7%	7.3%
55 to 64	18.5%	26.2%
65 to 74	29.2%	10.9%
75 and over	4.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nodaway	Prescott
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	3.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nodaway	Prescott
No high school diploma	13.7%	1.1%
High school graduate	23.5%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nodaway	Prescott
Drove alone	73.1%	77.5%
Carpooled	19.2%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nodaway	Prescott
1-unit, detached	93.1%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Nodaway	Prescott
Poverty rate	12.3%	3.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	35	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938