Floyd vs Nora Springs

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

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

Nora Springs has the higher population (1,394 vs 308 in Floyd). Nora Springs has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $61,000 in Floyd). Nora Springs has the higher median home value ($126,300 vs $106,700 in Floyd).

Population, income & housing

	Floyd	Nora Springs
Population	308	1,394
Median age	42.0 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,000	$72,083
Median home value	$106,700	$126,300
Median gross rent	$850	$757
Housing units	157	673
Homeownership rate	88.9%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Floyd	Nora Springs
Population	335 → 308 (-8.1%)	1,535 → 1,394 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $61,000 (+0.6%)	$58,571 → $72,083 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $106,700 (+27.3%)	$95,400 → $126,300 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$513 → $850 (+65.7%)	$760 → $757 (-0.4%)

Floyd

Population

335308

Median household income

$60,625$61,000

Median home value

$83,800$106,700

Median gross rent

$513$850

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)

	Floyd	Nora Springs
Under 5	9.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	12.3%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	8.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	18.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	14.3%	17.8%
75 and over	6.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Floyd	Nora Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Floyd	Nora Springs
No high school diploma	7.7%	3.3%
High school graduate	49.1%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Floyd	Nora Springs
Drove alone	68.8%	88.2%
Carpooled	11.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	5.8%
Other means	3.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Floyd	Nora Springs
1-unit, detached	98.7%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Floyd	Nora Springs
Poverty rate	4.9%	4.1%
Average household size	2.14	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1944	1941