Moulton vs Mystic

A side-by-side comparison of Moulton and Mystic: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moulton has the higher population (577 vs 257 in Mystic). Moulton has the higher median household income ($56,806 vs $42,222 in Mystic). Mystic has the higher median home value ($56,900 vs $51,300 in Moulton).

Population, income & housing

	Moulton	Mystic
Population	577	257
Median age	31.7 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,806	$42,222
Median home value	$51,300	$56,900
Median gross rent	$654	$621
Housing units	301	147
Homeownership rate	61.1%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moulton	Mystic
Population	613 → 577 (-5.9%)	364 → 257 (-29.4%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $56,806 (+49.0%)	$31,458 → $42,222 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$58,200 → $51,300 (-11.9%)	$44,700 → $56,900 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $654 (+28.7%)	$343 → $621 (+81.0%)

Moulton

Population

613577

Median household income

$38,125$56,806

Median home value

$58,200$51,300

Median gross rent

$508$654

Mystic

Population

364257

Median household income

$31,458$42,222

Median home value

$44,700$56,900

Median gross rent

$343$621

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moulton	Mystic
Under 5	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.8%	25.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	8.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	5.8%
55 to 64	16.1%	21.0%
65 to 74	4.9%	10.9%
75 and over	3.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moulton	Mystic
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	86.8%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moulton	Mystic
No high school diploma	5.5%	5.3%
High school graduate	26.1%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	50.3%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moulton	Mystic
Drove alone	84.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	13.1%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moulton	Mystic
1-unit, detached	62.5%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Moulton	Mystic
Poverty rate	16.8%	9.7%
Average household size	2.84	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1974	1938