Burchinal vs Meservey

A side-by-side comparison of Burchinal and Meservey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meservey has the higher population (300 vs 19 in Burchinal). Since 2019, Meservey's population has grown faster (+53.1% vs +26.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Burchinal	Meservey
Population	19	300
Median age	33.3 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$54,063
Median home value	—	$54,100
Median gross rent	—	$667
Housing units	28	149
Homeownership rate	41.7%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burchinal	Meservey
Population	15 → 19 (+26.7%)	196 → 300 (+53.1%)
Median household income	—	$59,375 → $54,063 (-8.9%)
Median home value	—	$49,300 → $54,100 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$733 → $667 (-9.0%)

Burchinal

Population

1519

Meservey

Population

196300

Median household income

$59,375$54,063

Median home value

$49,300$54,100

Median gross rent

$733$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burchinal	Meservey
Under 5	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	10.5%	28.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	47.4%	15.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.7%
55 to 64	31.6%	9.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.3%
75 and over	0.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burchinal	Meservey
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	72.7%
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%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burchinal	Meservey
No high school diploma	0.0%	22.0%
High school graduate	29.4%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	41.2%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burchinal	Meservey
Drove alone	100.0%	90.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burchinal	Meservey
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Burchinal	Meservey
Poverty rate	36.8%	28.0%
Average household size	1.58	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1958	1944