California Junction vs Magnolia

A side-by-side comparison of California Junction and Magnolia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Magnolia has the higher population (148 vs 32 in California Junction). Since 2019, Magnolia's population has grown faster (-11.4% vs -41.8%).

Population, income & housing

	California Junction	Magnolia
Population	32	148
Median age	29.4 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$72,500
Median home value	—	$110,000
Housing units	12	72
Homeownership rate	100.0%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	California Junction	Magnolia
Population	55 → 32 (-41.8%)	167 → 148 (-11.4%)
Median household income	—	$51,250 → $72,500 (+41.5%)
Median home value	—	$73,300 → $110,000 (+50.1%)

California Junction

Population

5532

Magnolia

Population

167148

Median household income

$51,250$72,500

Median home value

$73,300$110,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	California Junction	Magnolia
Under 5	40.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	43.8%	10.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	18.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	20.3%
75 and over	15.6%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	California Junction	Magnolia
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.3%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	California Junction	Magnolia
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	63.2%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	California Junction	Magnolia
Drove alone	100.0%	77.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	California Junction	Magnolia
1-unit, detached	100.0%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	California Junction	Magnolia
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.4%
Average household size	2.67	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	—	1938