Mount Auburn vs Norway

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

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

Norway has the higher population (490 vs 183 in Mount Auburn). Norway has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $76,250 in Mount Auburn). Norway has the higher median home value ($155,400 vs $109,400 in Mount Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Auburn	Norway
Population	183	490
Median age	38.5 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$91,250
Median home value	$109,400	$155,400
Median gross rent	$1,021	$1,063
Housing units	76	226
Homeownership rate	78.6%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Auburn	Norway
Population	129 → 183 (+41.9%)	518 → 490 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$53,942 → $76,250 (+41.4%)	$55,625 → $91,250 (+64.0%)
Median home value	$57,500 → $109,400 (+90.3%)	$114,300 → $155,400 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $1,021 (+91.6%)	$632 → $1,063 (+68.2%)

Mount Auburn

Population

129183

Median household income

$53,942$76,250

Median home value

$57,500$109,400

Median gross rent

$533$1,021

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)

	Mount Auburn	Norway
Under 5	5.5%	8.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	7.1%
18 to 24	13.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	16.3%
35 to 44	18.0%	7.8%
45 to 54	6.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	17.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.0%
75 and over	6.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Auburn	Norway
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	99.2%
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	2.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Auburn	Norway
No high school diploma	8.7%	1.9%
High school graduate	55.7%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Auburn	Norway
Drove alone	87.8%	89.7%
Carpooled	12.2%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Auburn	Norway
1-unit, detached	78.9%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Auburn	Norway
Poverty rate	8.7%	1.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1938	1963