Meservey vs Thornton

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

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

Thornton has the higher population (534 vs 300 in Meservey). Thornton has the higher median household income ($66,979 vs $54,063 in Meservey). Thornton has the higher median home value ($99,000 vs $54,100 in Meservey).

Population, income & housing

	Meservey	Thornton
Population	300	534
Median age	31.0 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$66,979
Median home value	$54,100	$99,000
Median gross rent	$667	$775
Housing units	149	246
Homeownership rate	79.3%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meservey	Thornton
Population	196 → 300 (+53.1%)	411 → 534 (+29.9%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $54,063 (-8.9%)	$48,542 → $66,979 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$49,300 → $54,100 (+9.7%)	$69,600 → $99,000 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $667 (-9.0%)	$541 → $775 (+43.3%)

Meservey

Population

196300

Median household income

$59,375$54,063

Median home value

$49,300$54,100

Median gross rent

$733$667

Thornton

Population

411534

Median household income

$48,542$66,979

Median home value

$69,600$99,000

Median gross rent

$541$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meservey	Thornton
Under 5	9.0%	8.8%
5 to 17	28.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	4.0%	10.9%
25 to 34	15.0%	18.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	7.1%
55 to 64	9.3%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.3%	5.2%
75 and over	7.3%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meservey	Thornton
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meservey	Thornton
No high school diploma	22.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	36.7%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meservey	Thornton
Drove alone	90.4%	72.4%
Carpooled	3.5%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.6%
Other means	5.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meservey	Thornton
1-unit, detached	96.6%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Meservey	Thornton
Poverty rate	28.0%	6.6%
Average household size	2.70	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1944	1955