Nashua vs North Washington

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

Nashua and North Washington 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 133 in North Washington). North Washington has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $63,750 in Nashua). North Washington has the higher median home value ($133,300 vs $117,300 in Nashua).

Population, income & housing

	Nashua	North Washington
Population	1,634	133
Median age	35.6 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$82,500
Median home value	$117,300	$133,300
Median gross rent	$740	—
Housing units	850	46
Homeownership rate	80.4%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nashua	North Washington
Population	1,506 → 1,634 (+8.5%)	138 → 133 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$49,145 → $63,750 (+29.7%)	$76,250 → $82,500 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$91,800 → $117,300 (+27.8%)	$125,000 → $133,300 (+6.6%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $740 (+39.4%)	$635 → $630 (-0.8%)

Nashua

Population

1,5061,634

Median household income

$49,145$63,750

Median home value

$91,800$117,300

Median gross rent

$531$740

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)

	Nashua	North Washington
Under 5	6.3%	2.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	22.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	0.8%
25 to 34	16.6%	7.5%
35 to 44	16.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	7.5%	24.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	16.5%
75 and over	6.4%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nashua	North Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	91.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	6.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nashua	North Washington
No high school diploma	9.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	51.2%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nashua	North Washington
Drove alone	82.1%	90.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nashua	North Washington
1-unit, detached	82.8%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Nashua	North Washington
Poverty rate	6.5%	11.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	27	16
Median year structure built	1960	1942