Charles City vs Nora Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Charles City and Nora Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Charles City and Nora Springs are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Charles City has the higher population (7,321 vs 1,394 in Nora Springs). Nora Springs has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $56,734 in Charles City). Nora Springs has the higher median home value ($126,300 vs $118,900 in Charles City).

Population, income & housing

	Charles City	Nora Springs
Population	7,321	1,394
Median age	42.7 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,734	$72,083
Median home value	$118,900	$126,300
Median gross rent	$628	$757
Housing units	3,621	673
Homeownership rate	65.8%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charles City	Nora Springs
Population	7,396 → 7,321 (-1.0%)	1,535 → 1,394 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$41,060 → $56,734 (+38.2%)	$58,571 → $72,083 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$93,600 → $118,900 (+27.0%)	$95,400 → $126,300 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $628 (+18.5%)	$760 → $757 (-0.4%)

Charles City

Population

7,3967,321

Median household income

$41,060$56,734

Median home value

$93,600$118,900

Median gross rent

$530$628

Nora Springs

Population

1,5351,394

Median household income

$58,571$72,083

Median home value

$95,400$126,300

Median gross rent

$760$757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charles City	Nora Springs
Under 5	4.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	17.8%
75 and over	12.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charles City	Nora Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	94.5%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charles City	Nora Springs
No high school diploma	5.8%	3.3%
High school graduate	41.8%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charles City	Nora Springs
Drove alone	77.8%	88.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	5.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charles City	Nora Springs
1-unit, detached	74.7%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	3.3%
20 or more units	6.2%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Charles City	Nora Springs
Poverty rate	13.4%	4.1%
Average household size	2.17	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1962	1941