Blairstown vs Norway

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

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

Blairstown has the higher population (652 vs 490 in Norway). Norway has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $74,167 in Blairstown). Blairstown has the higher median home value ($164,300 vs $155,400 in Norway).

Population, income & housing

	Blairstown	Norway
Population	652	490
Median age	37.8 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,167	$91,250
Median home value	$164,300	$155,400
Median gross rent	$783	$1,063
Housing units	279	226
Homeownership rate	79.8%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairstown	Norway
Population	703 → 652 (-7.3%)	518 → 490 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$63,958 → $74,167 (+16.0%)	$55,625 → $91,250 (+64.0%)
Median home value	$118,300 → $164,300 (+38.9%)	$114,300 → $155,400 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $783 (+39.1%)	$632 → $1,063 (+68.2%)

Blairstown

Population

703652

Median household income

$63,958$74,167

Median home value

$118,300$164,300

Median gross rent

$563$783

Norway

Population

518490

Median household income

$55,625$91,250

Median home value

$114,300$155,400

Median gross rent

$632$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairstown	Norway
Under 5	11.2%	8.6%
5 to 17	7.7%	7.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	20.2%	16.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	7.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	17.8%
65 to 74	4.4%	11.0%
75 and over	9.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairstown	Norway
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairstown	Norway
No high school diploma	5.3%	1.9%
High school graduate	45.6%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairstown	Norway
Drove alone	78.5%	89.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairstown	Norway
1-unit, detached	87.1%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blairstown	Norway
Poverty rate	13.2%	1.6%
Average household size	2.63	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1955	1963