Nashua vs New Hampton

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

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

New Hampton has the higher population (3,462 vs 1,634 in Nashua). Nashua has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $61,491 in New Hampton). New Hampton has the higher median home value ($159,200 vs $117,300 in Nashua).

Population, income & housing

	Nashua	New Hampton
Population	1,634	3,462
Median age	35.6 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$61,491
Median home value	$117,300	$159,200
Median gross rent	$740	$838
Housing units	850	1,663
Homeownership rate	80.4%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nashua	New Hampton
Population	1,506 → 1,634 (+8.5%)	3,421 → 3,462 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$49,145 → $63,750 (+29.7%)	$46,913 → $61,491 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$91,800 → $117,300 (+27.8%)	$107,100 → $159,200 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $740 (+39.4%)	$707 → $838 (+18.5%)

Nashua

Population

1,5061,634

Median household income

$49,145$63,750

Median home value

$91,800$117,300

Median gross rent

$531$740

New Hampton

Population

3,4213,462

Median household income

$46,913$61,491

Median home value

$107,100$159,200

Median gross rent

$707$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nashua	New Hampton
Under 5	6.3%	9.2%
5 to 17	19.4%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	11.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	16.1%	9.6%
45 to 54	7.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.0%
75 and over	6.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nashua	New Hampton
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	88.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nashua	New Hampton
No high school diploma	9.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	51.2%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nashua	New Hampton
Drove alone	82.1%	86.0%
Carpooled	11.3%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nashua	New Hampton
1-unit, detached	82.8%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	5.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Nashua	New Hampton
Poverty rate	6.5%	12.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	16
Median year structure built	1960	1963