Lawler vs Nashua

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

Lawler 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 397 in Lawler). Nashua has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $62,500 in Lawler). Nashua has the higher median home value ($117,300 vs $112,500 in Lawler).

Population, income & housing

	Lawler	Nashua
Population	397	1,634
Median age	43.9 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$63,750
Median home value	$112,500	$117,300
Median gross rent	$650	$740
Housing units	209	850
Homeownership rate	77.2%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawler	Nashua
Population	387 → 397 (+2.6%)	1,506 → 1,634 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $62,500 (+13.6%)	$49,145 → $63,750 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $112,500 (+43.5%)	$91,800 → $117,300 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$443 → $650 (+46.7%)	$531 → $740 (+39.4%)

Lawler

Population

387397

Median household income

$55,000$62,500

Median home value

$78,400$112,500

Median gross rent

$443$650

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)

	Lawler	Nashua
Under 5	4.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	13.9%	19.4%
18 to 24	10.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	16.6%
35 to 44	9.3%	16.1%
45 to 54	7.8%	7.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	17.4%	10.6%
75 and over	9.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawler	Nashua
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	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	1.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawler	Nashua
No high school diploma	10.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	48.0%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawler	Nashua
Drove alone	80.6%	82.1%
Carpooled	10.6%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawler	Nashua
1-unit, detached	87.6%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Lawler	Nashua
Poverty rate	13.6%	6.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1972	1960