Bristow vs New Hartford

A side-by-side comparison of Bristow and New Hartford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Hartford has the higher population (763 vs 173 in Bristow). New Hartford has the higher median home value ($112,100 vs $54,400 in Bristow). Since 2019, Bristow's population has grown faster (+13.1% vs +8.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bristow	New Hartford
Population	173	763
Median age	44.0 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$67,054
Median home value	$54,400	$112,100
Median gross rent	$375	$904
Housing units	99	292
Homeownership rate	85.0%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristow	New Hartford
Population	153 → 173 (+13.1%)	703 → 763 (+8.5%)
Median household income	—	$53,854 → $67,054 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$36,300 → $54,400 (+49.9%)	$82,400 → $112,100 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $375 (-42.3%)	$700 → $904 (+29.1%)

Bristow

Population

153173

Median home value

$36,300$54,400

Median gross rent

$650$375

New Hartford

Population

703763

Median household income

$53,854$67,054

Median home value

$82,400$112,100

Median gross rent

$700$904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristow	New Hartford
Under 5	2.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	24.0%
18 to 24	2.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	7.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	22.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	20.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.9%
75 and over	6.4%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristow	New Hartford
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristow	New Hartford
No high school diploma	13.3%	2.7%
High school graduate	48.1%	52.9%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristow	New Hartford
Drove alone	84.8%	89.0%
Carpooled	13.1%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristow	New Hartford
1-unit, detached	94.9%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Bristow	New Hartford
Poverty rate	18.5%	17.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1946	1957