Meservey vs Portland

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

Meservey and Portland 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 14 in Portland). Since 2019, Meservey's population has grown faster (+53.1% vs -53.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Meservey	Portland
Population	300	14
Median age	31.0 yrs	—
Median household income	$54,063	—
Median home value	$54,100	—
Median gross rent	$667	—
Housing units	149	8
Homeownership rate	79.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meservey	Portland
Population	196 → 300 (+53.1%)	30 → 14 (-53.3%)
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%)	—

Meservey

Population

196300

Median household income

$59,375$54,063

Median home value

$49,300$54,100

Median gross rent

$733$667

Portland

Population

3014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meservey	Portland
Under 5	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	28.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	42.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	57.1%
75 and over	7.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

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

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meservey	Portland
No high school diploma	22.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.7%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

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

Poverty & households

	Meservey	Portland
Poverty rate	28.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.70	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1944	—