Ionia vs Nashua

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

Ionia 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 318 in Ionia). Ionia has the higher median household income ($73,426 vs $63,750 in Nashua). Nashua has the higher median home value ($117,300 vs $97,600 in Ionia).

Population, income & housing

	Ionia	Nashua
Population	318	1,634
Median age	36.5 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,426	$63,750
Median home value	$97,600	$117,300
Median gross rent	$663	$740
Housing units	167	850
Homeownership rate	78.0%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ionia	Nashua
Population	269 → 318 (+18.2%)	1,506 → 1,634 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $73,426 (+15.2%)	$49,145 → $63,750 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$80,200 → $97,600 (+21.7%)	$91,800 → $117,300 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$444 → $663 (+49.3%)	$531 → $740 (+39.4%)

Ionia

Population

269318

Median household income

$63,750$73,426

Median home value

$80,200$97,600

Median gross rent

$444$663

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)

	Ionia	Nashua
Under 5	4.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	19.4%
18 to 24	12.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.9%	16.6%
35 to 44	9.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	8.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.6%
75 and over	8.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ionia	Nashua
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ionia	Nashua
No high school diploma	6.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	56.1%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ionia	Nashua
Drove alone	86.6%	82.1%
Carpooled	5.2%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ionia	Nashua
1-unit, detached	86.2%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Ionia	Nashua
Poverty rate	5.7%	6.5%
Average household size	2.12	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1954	1960