New Providence vs Union

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

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

Union has the higher population (391 vs 196 in New Providence). New Providence has the higher median household income ($83,250 vs $60,000 in Union). New Providence has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $72,600 in Union).

Population, income & housing

	New Providence	Union
Population	196	391
Median age	36.5 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,250	$60,000
Median home value	$80,000	$72,600
Median gross rent	$589	$775
Housing units	79	226
Homeownership rate	70.9%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Providence	Union
Population	267 → 196 (-26.6%)	380 → 391 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$64,167 → $83,250 (+29.7%)	$44,167 → $60,000 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$49,100 → $80,000 (+62.9%)	$68,100 → $72,600 (+6.6%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $589 (+6.1%)	$536 → $775 (+44.6%)

New Providence

Population

267196

Median household income

$64,167$83,250

Median home value

$49,100$80,000

Median gross rent

$555$589

Union

Population

380391

Median household income

$44,167$60,000

Median home value

$68,100$72,600

Median gross rent

$536$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Providence	Union
Under 5	10.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	11.7%	7.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	26.5%	7.2%
35 to 44	9.2%	6.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	25.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	18.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	15.1%
75 and over	10.7%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Providence	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Providence	Union
No high school diploma	9.2%	2.5%
High school graduate	34.2%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Providence	Union
Drove alone	86.6%	82.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Providence	Union
1-unit, detached	93.7%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	New Providence	Union
Poverty rate	6.2%	15.1%
Average household size	2.48	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	1938	1955