Meservey vs Rock Falls

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

Meservey and Rock Falls 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 125 in Rock Falls). Rock Falls has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $54,063 in Meservey). Rock Falls has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $54,100 in Meservey).

Population, income & housing

	Meservey	Rock Falls
Population	300	125
Median age	31.0 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$66,875
Median home value	$54,100	$156,300
Median gross rent	$667	$967
Housing units	149	66
Homeownership rate	79.3%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meservey	Rock Falls
Population	196 → 300 (+53.1%)	136 → 125 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $54,063 (-8.9%)	$43,125 → $66,875 (+55.1%)
Median home value	$49,300 → $54,100 (+9.7%)	$137,500 → $156,300 (+13.7%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $667 (-9.0%)	$595 → $967 (+62.5%)

Meservey

Population

196300

Median household income

$59,375$54,063

Median home value

$49,300$54,100

Median gross rent

$733$667

Rock Falls

Population

136125

Median household income

$43,125$66,875

Median home value

$137,500$156,300

Median gross rent

$595$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meservey	Rock Falls
Under 5	9.0%	9.6%
5 to 17	28.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	4.0%	16.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	2.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	9.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.3%	5.6%
75 and over	7.3%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meservey	Rock Falls
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	Rock Falls
No high school diploma	22.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.7%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meservey	Rock Falls
Drove alone	90.4%	83.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.2%
Other means	5.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meservey	Rock Falls
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	Rock Falls
Poverty rate	28.0%	11.2%
Average household size	2.70	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1944	1956