Meservey vs Ventura

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

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

Ventura has the higher population (708 vs 300 in Meservey). Ventura has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $54,063 in Meservey). Ventura has the higher median home value ($344,800 vs $54,100 in Meservey).

Population, income & housing

	Meservey	Ventura
Population	300	708
Median age	31.0 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$83,125
Median home value	$54,100	$344,800
Median gross rent	$667	$1,016
Housing units	149	359
Homeownership rate	79.3%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meservey	Ventura
Population	196 → 300 (+53.1%)	865 → 708 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $54,063 (-8.9%)	$75,938 → $83,125 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$49,300 → $54,100 (+9.7%)	$191,400 → $344,800 (+80.1%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $667 (-9.0%)	$1,018 → $1,016 (-0.2%)

Meservey

Population

196300

Median household income

$59,375$54,063

Median home value

$49,300$54,100

Median gross rent

$733$667

Ventura

Population

865708

Median household income

$75,938$83,125

Median home value

$191,400$344,800

Median gross rent

$1,018$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meservey	Ventura
Under 5	9.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	28.0%	21.9%
18 to 24	4.0%	1.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	9.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	11.9%
75 and over	7.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meservey	Ventura
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	97.0%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meservey	Ventura
No high school diploma	22.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	36.7%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meservey	Ventura
Drove alone	90.4%	76.8%
Carpooled	3.5%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.6%
Other means	5.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meservey	Ventura
1-unit, detached	96.6%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Meservey	Ventura
Poverty rate	28.0%	6.5%
Average household size	2.70	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1944	1970