Jolley vs Knierim

A side-by-side comparison of Jolley and Knierim: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Knierim has the higher population (83 vs 20 in Jolley). Knierim has the higher median household income ($85,313 vs $17,500 in Jolley). Since 2019, Knierim's population has grown faster (+84.4% vs +5.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Jolley	Knierim
Population	20	83
Median age	69.5 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$17,500	$85,313
Median home value	$21,700	—
Housing units	30	40
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jolley	Knierim
Population	19 → 20 (+5.3%)	45 → 83 (+84.4%)
Median household income	$65,417 → $17,500 (-73.2%)	$47,917 → $85,313 (+78.0%)
Median home value	—	$42,500 → $71,300 (+67.8%)

Jolley

Population

1920

Median household income

$65,417$17,500

Knierim

Population

4583

Median household income

$47,917$85,313

Median home value

$42,500$71,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jolley	Knierim
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	27.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	22.9%
55 to 64	20.0%	9.6%
65 to 74	45.0%	16.9%
75 and over	35.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jolley	Knierim
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.8%
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	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jolley	Knierim
No high school diploma	15.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	45.0%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jolley	Knierim
Drove alone	100.0%	84.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jolley	Knierim
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jolley	Knierim
Poverty rate	60.0%	8.4%
Average household size	2.00	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1938	1938