Meservey vs Plymouth

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

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

Plymouth has the higher population (405 vs 300 in Meservey). Plymouth has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $54,063 in Meservey). Plymouth has the higher median home value ($105,200 vs $54,100 in Meservey).

Population, income & housing

	Meservey	Plymouth
Population	300	405
Median age	31.0 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$66,250
Median home value	$54,100	$105,200
Median gross rent	$667	$830
Housing units	149	182
Homeownership rate	79.3%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meservey	Plymouth
Population	196 → 300 (+53.1%)	447 → 405 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $54,063 (-8.9%)	$60,917 → $66,250 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$49,300 → $54,100 (+9.7%)	$82,500 → $105,200 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $667 (-9.0%)	$685 → $830 (+21.2%)

Meservey

Population

196300

Median household income

$59,375$54,063

Median home value

$49,300$54,100

Median gross rent

$733$667

Plymouth

Population

447405

Median household income

$60,917$66,250

Median home value

$82,500$105,200

Median gross rent

$685$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meservey	Plymouth
Under 5	9.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	28.0%	22.5%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	17.5%
45 to 54	8.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	9.3%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.9%
75 and over	7.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meservey	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meservey	Plymouth
No high school diploma	22.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	36.7%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	47.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meservey	Plymouth
Drove alone	90.4%	81.2%
Carpooled	3.5%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.6%
Other means	5.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meservey	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	96.6%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Meservey	Plymouth
Poverty rate	28.0%	7.7%
Average household size	2.70	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1944	1951