Magnolia vs Pisgah

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

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

Pisgah has the higher population (261 vs 148 in Magnolia). Magnolia has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $56,750 in Pisgah). Magnolia has the higher median home value ($110,000 vs $75,000 in Pisgah).

Population, income & housing

	Magnolia	Pisgah
Population	148	261
Median age	53.6 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$56,750
Median home value	$110,000	$75,000
Median gross rent	—	$739
Housing units	72	151
Homeownership rate	91.2%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Magnolia	Pisgah
Population	167 → 148 (-11.4%)	261 → 261 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $72,500 (+41.5%)	$39,792 → $56,750 (+42.6%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $110,000 (+50.1%)	$64,200 → $75,000 (+16.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$613 → $739 (+20.6%)

Magnolia

Population

167148

Median household income

$51,250$72,500

Median home value

$73,300$110,000

Pisgah

Population

261261

Median household income

$39,792$56,750

Median home value

$64,200$75,000

Median gross rent

$613$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Magnolia	Pisgah
Under 5	2.7%	0.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	11.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	17.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	4.6%
35 to 44	5.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	22.2%
55 to 64	18.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	20.3%	5.0%
75 and over	9.5%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Magnolia	Pisgah
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	99.6%
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	1.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Magnolia	Pisgah
No high school diploma	10.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	33.6%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Magnolia	Pisgah
Drove alone	77.0%	75.5%
Carpooled	5.4%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	4.9%
Walked	2.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	7.7%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Magnolia	Pisgah
1-unit, detached	95.8%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Magnolia	Pisgah
Poverty rate	1.4%	8.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	24	40
Median year structure built	1938	1938