Newell vs Storm Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Newell and Storm Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Storm Lake has the higher population (11,275 vs 924 in Newell). Newell has the higher median household income ($66,406 vs $58,341 in Storm Lake). Storm Lake has the higher median home value ($163,600 vs $106,300 in Newell).

Population, income & housing

	Newell	Storm Lake
Population	924	11,275
Median age	37.0 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,406	$58,341
Median home value	$106,300	$163,600
Median gross rent	$717	$830
Housing units	368	4,291
Homeownership rate	73.6%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newell	Storm Lake
Population	909 → 924 (+1.7%)	10,558 → 11,275 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$54,076 → $66,406 (+22.8%)	$50,565 → $58,341 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $106,300 (+31.1%)	$121,300 → $163,600 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$497 → $717 (+44.3%)	$695 → $830 (+19.4%)

Newell

Population

909924

Median household income

$54,076$66,406

Median home value

$81,100$106,300

Median gross rent

$497$717

Storm Lake

Population

10,55811,275

Median household income

$50,565$58,341

Median home value

$121,300$163,600

Median gross rent

$695$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newell	Storm Lake
Under 5	7.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	25.1%	20.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	13.4%
25 to 34	9.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.7%	7.4%
75 and over	7.9%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newell	Storm Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	34.0%
Black or African American	2.8%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	14.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.5%	3.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	41.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newell	Storm Lake
No high school diploma	9.7%	29.3%
High school graduate	34.0%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newell	Storm Lake
Drove alone	88.4%	61.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	23.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	2.0%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newell	Storm Lake
1-unit, detached	91.0%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	16.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Newell	Storm Lake
Poverty rate	4.5%	7.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	21	11
Median year structure built	1952	1968