Aplington vs Parkersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Aplington and Parkersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Parkersburg has the higher population (1,747 vs 1,012 in Aplington). Parkersburg has the higher median household income ($73,482 vs $70,093 in Aplington). Parkersburg has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $131,800 in Aplington).

Population, income & housing

	Aplington	Parkersburg
Population	1,012	1,747
Median age	37.6 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,093	$73,482
Median home value	$131,800	$200,000
Median gross rent	$650	$695
Housing units	444	886
Homeownership rate	84.8%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aplington	Parkersburg
Population	968 → 1,012 (+4.5%)	1,940 → 1,747 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$56,186 → $70,093 (+24.8%)	$55,304 → $73,482 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $131,800 (+43.1%)	$153,800 → $200,000 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $650 (+8.5%)	$572 → $695 (+21.5%)

Aplington

Population

9681,012

Median household income

$56,186$70,093

Median home value

$92,100$131,800

Median gross rent

$599$650

Parkersburg

Population

1,9401,747

Median household income

$55,304$73,482

Median home value

$153,800$200,000

Median gross rent

$572$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aplington	Parkersburg
Under 5	11.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	6.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	6.8%	16.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.9%
75 and over	12.8%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aplington	Parkersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aplington	Parkersburg
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	38.3%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aplington	Parkersburg
Drove alone	84.9%	86.1%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	9.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aplington	Parkersburg
1-unit, detached	86.7%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	5.5%
20 or more units	3.4%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Aplington	Parkersburg
Poverty rate	7.0%	7.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1960	1977