Belle Plaine vs Newhall

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Plaine and Newhall: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belle Plaine has the higher population (2,412 vs 1,012 in Newhall). Belle Plaine has the higher median household income ($70,517 vs $68,295 in Newhall). Newhall has the higher median home value ($171,500 vs $111,600 in Belle Plaine).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Plaine	Newhall
Population	2,412	1,012
Median age	45.1 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,517	$68,295
Median home value	$111,600	$171,500
Median gross rent	$796	$628
Housing units	1,193	449
Homeownership rate	77.2%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Plaine	Newhall
Population	2,477 → 2,412 (-2.6%)	1,029 → 1,012 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$49,471 → $70,517 (+42.5%)	$61,641 → $68,295 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $111,600 (+34.8%)	$137,700 → $171,500 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $796 (+48.8%)	$517 → $628 (+21.5%)

Belle Plaine

Population

2,4772,412

Median household income

$49,471$70,517

Median home value

$82,800$111,600

Median gross rent

$535$796

Newhall

Population

1,0291,012

Median household income

$61,641$68,295

Median home value

$137,700$171,500

Median gross rent

$517$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Plaine	Newhall
Under 5	6.4%	10.0%
5 to 17	10.9%	21.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	8.7%
55 to 64	15.3%	9.3%
65 to 74	14.6%	8.6%
75 and over	8.9%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Plaine	Newhall
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Plaine	Newhall
No high school diploma	5.8%	3.1%
High school graduate	38.8%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Plaine	Newhall
Drove alone	86.5%	78.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	13.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Plaine	Newhall
1-unit, detached	84.7%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belle Plaine	Newhall
Poverty rate	6.1%	11.2%
Average household size	2.33	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1952	1965