Danville vs Mediapolis

A side-by-side comparison of Danville and Mediapolis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mediapolis has the higher population (1,930 vs 966 in Danville). Danville has the higher median household income ($82,917 vs $71,250 in Mediapolis). Mediapolis has the higher median home value ($167,300 vs $148,600 in Danville).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Mediapolis
Population	966	1,930
Median age	38.5 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,917	$71,250
Median home value	$148,600	$167,300
Median gross rent	$817	$968
Housing units	386	770
Homeownership rate	81.9%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Mediapolis
Population	984 → 966 (-1.8%)	1,795 → 1,930 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$54,762 → $82,917 (+51.4%)	$59,545 → $71,250 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$110,400 → $148,600 (+34.6%)	$118,800 → $167,300 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $817 (+16.2%)	$602 → $968 (+60.8%)

Danville

Population

984966

Median household income

$54,762$82,917

Median home value

$110,400$148,600

Median gross rent

$703$817

Mediapolis

Population

1,7951,930

Median household income

$59,545$71,250

Median home value

$118,800$167,300

Median gross rent

$602$968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	Mediapolis
Under 5	8.6%	11.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	20.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	2.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	17.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.9%	7.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.5%
75 and over	6.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Mediapolis
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	Mediapolis
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	32.3%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Mediapolis
Drove alone	80.5%	83.6%
Carpooled	9.9%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	5.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	4.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Mediapolis
1-unit, detached	71.2%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Mediapolis
Poverty rate	11.3%	9.7%
Average household size	2.66	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1964	1967