Blairstown vs Newhall

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

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

Newhall has the higher population (1,012 vs 652 in Blairstown). Blairstown has the higher median household income ($74,167 vs $68,295 in Newhall). Newhall has the higher median home value ($171,500 vs $164,300 in Blairstown).

Population, income & housing

	Blairstown	Newhall
Population	652	1,012
Median age	37.8 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,167	$68,295
Median home value	$164,300	$171,500
Median gross rent	$783	$628
Housing units	279	449
Homeownership rate	79.8%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairstown	Newhall
Population	703 → 652 (-7.3%)	1,029 → 1,012 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$63,958 → $74,167 (+16.0%)	$61,641 → $68,295 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$118,300 → $164,300 (+38.9%)	$137,700 → $171,500 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $783 (+39.1%)	$517 → $628 (+21.5%)

Blairstown

Population

703652

Median household income

$63,958$74,167

Median home value

$118,300$164,300

Median gross rent

$563$783

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)

	Blairstown	Newhall
Under 5	11.2%	10.0%
5 to 17	7.7%	21.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	20.2%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	9.3%
65 to 74	4.4%	8.6%
75 and over	9.4%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairstown	Newhall
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairstown	Newhall
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.1%
High school graduate	45.6%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairstown	Newhall
Drove alone	78.5%	78.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairstown	Newhall
1-unit, detached	87.1%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blairstown	Newhall
Poverty rate	13.2%	11.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1955	1965