Holy Cross vs New Vienna

A side-by-side comparison of Holy Cross and New Vienna: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Vienna has the higher population (377 vs 264 in Holy Cross). New Vienna has the higher median household income ($90,938 vs $47,188 in Holy Cross). Holy Cross has the higher median home value ($184,400 vs $176,800 in New Vienna).

Population, income & housing

	Holy Cross	New Vienna
Population	264	377
Median age	48.7 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,188	$90,938
Median home value	$184,400	$176,800
Median gross rent	$334	$763
Housing units	141	167
Homeownership rate	70.6%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holy Cross	New Vienna
Population	361 → 264 (-26.9%)	402 → 377 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$67,083 → $47,188 (-29.7%)	$62,188 → $90,938 (+46.2%)
Median home value	$131,900 → $184,400 (+39.8%)	$128,500 → $176,800 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$363 → $334 (-8.0%)	$625 → $763 (+22.1%)

Holy Cross

Population

361264

Median household income

$67,083$47,188

Median home value

$131,900$184,400

Median gross rent

$363$334

New Vienna

Population

402377

Median household income

$62,188$90,938

Median home value

$128,500$176,800

Median gross rent

$625$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holy Cross	New Vienna
Under 5	6.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	8.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	17.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	6.8%	9.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	18.6%
65 to 74	15.5%	9.8%
75 and over	11.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holy Cross	New Vienna
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.4%
Some other race	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holy Cross	New Vienna
No high school diploma	4.4%	6.0%
High school graduate	38.3%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holy Cross	New Vienna
Drove alone	82.4%	76.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	6.6%
Other means	0.7%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holy Cross	New Vienna
1-unit, detached	76.6%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Holy Cross	New Vienna
Poverty rate	3.0%	5.6%
Average household size	1.94	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1967	1967