Fredericksburg vs Nashua

A side-by-side comparison of Fredericksburg and Nashua: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nashua has the higher population (1,634 vs 1,040 in Fredericksburg). Fredericksburg has the higher median household income ($65,809 vs $63,750 in Nashua). Fredericksburg has the higher median home value ($164,100 vs $117,300 in Nashua).

Population, income & housing

	Fredericksburg	Nashua
Population	1,040	1,634
Median age	43.4 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,809	$63,750
Median home value	$164,100	$117,300
Median gross rent	$750	$740
Housing units	508	850
Homeownership rate	71.0%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredericksburg	Nashua
Population	1,124 → 1,040 (-7.5%)	1,506 → 1,634 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$48,654 → $65,809 (+35.3%)	$49,145 → $63,750 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $164,100 (+82.3%)	$91,800 → $117,300 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $750 (+14.3%)	$531 → $740 (+39.4%)

Fredericksburg

Population

1,1241,040

Median household income

$48,654$65,809

Median home value

$90,000$164,100

Median gross rent

$656$750

Nashua

Population

1,5061,634

Median household income

$49,145$63,750

Median home value

$91,800$117,300

Median gross rent

$531$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fredericksburg	Nashua
Under 5	5.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	11.7%	19.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	16.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	4.9%	7.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.6%
75 and over	16.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredericksburg	Nashua
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredericksburg	Nashua
No high school diploma	9.4%	9.1%
High school graduate	44.0%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredericksburg	Nashua
Drove alone	81.5%	82.1%
Carpooled	8.1%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredericksburg	Nashua
1-unit, detached	89.4%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	3.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Fredericksburg	Nashua
Poverty rate	7.3%	6.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1970	1960