New Providence vs Owasa

A side-by-side comparison of New Providence and Owasa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Providence has the higher population (196 vs 17 in Owasa). New Providence has the higher median household income ($83,250 vs $40,625 in Owasa). Since 2019, Owasa's population has grown faster (-22.7% vs -26.6%).

Population, income & housing

	New Providence	Owasa
Population	196	17
Median age	36.5 yrs	68.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,250	$40,625
Median home value	$80,000	—
Median gross rent	$589	—
Housing units	79	13
Homeownership rate	70.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Providence	Owasa
Population	267 → 196 (-26.6%)	22 → 17 (-22.7%)
Median household income	$64,167 → $83,250 (+29.7%)	$41,250 → $40,625 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$49,100 → $80,000 (+62.9%)	$85,000 → $65,000 (-23.5%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $589 (+6.1%)	—

New Providence

Population

267196

Median household income

$64,167$83,250

Median home value

$49,100$80,000

Median gross rent

$555$589

Owasa

Population

2217

Median household income

$41,250$40,625

Median home value

$85,000$65,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Providence	Owasa
Under 5	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	26.5%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.7%	17.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	17.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	17.6%
75 and over	10.7%	35.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Providence	Owasa
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Providence	Owasa
No high school diploma	9.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.2%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Providence	Owasa
Drove alone	86.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Providence	Owasa
1-unit, detached	93.7%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	New Providence	Owasa
Poverty rate	6.2%	5.9%
Average household size	2.48	1.31
Mean commute (minutes)	32	14
Median year structure built	1938	1938