Massena vs Wiota

A side-by-side comparison of Massena and Wiota: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Massena has the higher population (410 vs 82 in Wiota). Wiota has the higher median household income ($76,042 vs $61,250 in Massena). Wiota has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $96,900 in Massena).

Population, income & housing

	Massena	Wiota
Population	410	82
Median age	32.6 yrs	65.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$76,042
Median home value	$96,900	$112,500
Median gross rent	$584	—
Housing units	186	48
Homeownership rate	64.4%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Massena	Wiota
Population	314 → 410 (+30.6%)	58 → 82 (+41.4%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $61,250 (+16.7%)	$49,583 → $76,042 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$76,900 → $96,900 (+26.0%)	$86,700 → $112,500 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$486 → $584 (+20.2%)	—

Massena

Population

314410

Median household income

$52,500$61,250

Median home value

$76,900$96,900

Median gross rent

$486$584

Wiota

Population

5882

Median household income

$49,583$76,042

Median home value

$86,700$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Massena	Wiota
Under 5	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	11.7%	2.4%
25 to 34	15.9%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	6.1%
45 to 54	8.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	3.7%	30.5%
65 to 74	12.7%	13.4%
75 and over	7.8%	39.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Massena	Wiota
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Massena	Wiota
No high school diploma	4.0%	1.3%
High school graduate	38.6%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Massena	Wiota
Drove alone	82.6%	97.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Massena	Wiota
1-unit, detached	76.9%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Massena	Wiota
Poverty rate	9.0%	3.7%
Average household size	2.52	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1964	1938