Jamaica vs Menlo

A side-by-side comparison of Jamaica and Menlo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Menlo has the higher population (355 vs 202 in Jamaica). Menlo has the higher median household income ($78,333 vs $53,750 in Jamaica). Menlo has the higher median home value ($107,100 vs $65,700 in Jamaica).

Population, income & housing

	Jamaica	Menlo
Population	202	355
Median age	38.0 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$78,333
Median home value	$65,700	$107,100
Median gross rent	$536	$1,078
Housing units	113	168
Homeownership rate	70.4%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamaica	Menlo
Population	282 → 202 (-28.4%)	365 → 355 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$38,021 → $53,750 (+41.4%)	$53,000 → $78,333 (+47.8%)
Median home value	$63,000 → $65,700 (+4.3%)	$74,200 → $107,100 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $536 (-10.1%)	$318 → $1,078 (+239.0%)

Jamaica

Population

282202

Median household income

$38,021$53,750

Median home value

$63,000$65,700

Median gross rent

$596$536

Menlo

Population

365355

Median household income

$53,000$78,333

Median home value

$74,200$107,100

Median gross rent

$318$1,078

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamaica	Menlo
Under 5	7.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	13.5%
18 to 24	15.3%	13.5%
25 to 34	4.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	8.2%
45 to 54	3.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.3%	22.8%
65 to 74	15.8%	10.7%
75 and over	7.9%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamaica	Menlo
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamaica	Menlo
No high school diploma	13.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	35.8%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamaica	Menlo
Drove alone	81.1%	77.4%
Carpooled	15.6%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamaica	Menlo
1-unit, detached	81.4%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Jamaica	Menlo
Poverty rate	17.5%	5.1%
Average household size	1.87	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	39	23
Median year structure built	1938	1938