Ionia vs North Washington

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

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

Ionia has the higher population (318 vs 133 in North Washington). North Washington has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $73,426 in Ionia). North Washington has the higher median home value ($133,300 vs $97,600 in Ionia).

Population, income & housing

	Ionia	North Washington
Population	318	133
Median age	36.5 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,426	$82,500
Median home value	$97,600	$133,300
Median gross rent	$663	—
Housing units	167	46
Homeownership rate	78.0%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ionia	North Washington
Population	269 → 318 (+18.2%)	138 → 133 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $73,426 (+15.2%)	$76,250 → $82,500 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$80,200 → $97,600 (+21.7%)	$125,000 → $133,300 (+6.6%)
Median gross rent	$444 → $663 (+49.3%)	$635 → $630 (-0.8%)

Ionia

Population

269318

Median household income

$63,750$73,426

Median home value

$80,200$97,600

Median gross rent

$444$663

North Washington

Population

138133

Median household income

$76,250$82,500

Median home value

$125,000$133,300

Median gross rent

$635$630

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ionia	North Washington
Under 5	4.7%	2.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	22.6%
18 to 24	12.6%	0.8%
25 to 34	12.9%	7.5%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	24.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.6%	16.5%
75 and over	8.5%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ionia	North Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	91.7%
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%	6.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ionia	North Washington
No high school diploma	6.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	56.1%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ionia	North Washington
Drove alone	86.6%	90.2%
Carpooled	5.2%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ionia	North Washington
1-unit, detached	86.2%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Ionia	North Washington
Poverty rate	5.7%	11.5%
Average household size	2.12	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1954	1942