Missouri Valley vs Persia

A side-by-side comparison of Missouri Valley and Persia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Missouri Valley has the higher population (2,685 vs 327 in Persia). Persia has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $64,844 in Missouri Valley). Missouri Valley has the higher median home value ($126,500 vs $111,300 in Persia).

Population, income & housing

	Missouri Valley	Persia
Population	2,685	327
Median age	38.8 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,844	$75,000
Median home value	$126,500	$111,300
Median gross rent	$812	$925
Housing units	1,366	128
Homeownership rate	64.1%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Missouri Valley	Persia
Population	2,640 → 2,685 (+1.7%)	313 → 327 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $64,844 (+40.2%)	$59,375 → $75,000 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$92,000 → $126,500 (+37.5%)	$77,500 → $111,300 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $812 (+3.7%)	$836 → $925 (+10.6%)

Missouri Valley

Population

2,6402,685

Median household income

$46,250$64,844

Median home value

$92,000$126,500

Median gross rent

$783$812

Persia

Population

313327

Median household income

$59,375$75,000

Median home value

$77,500$111,300

Median gross rent

$836$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Missouri Valley	Persia
Under 5	5.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.9%	25.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	10.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	6.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	15.9%
55 to 64	8.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	6.1%
75 and over	11.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Missouri Valley	Persia
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	2.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Missouri Valley	Persia
No high school diploma	8.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	44.3%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Missouri Valley	Persia
Drove alone	75.1%	87.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	2.6%
Public transit	0.3%	1.9%
Walked	5.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	7.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Missouri Valley	Persia
1-unit, detached	74.5%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Missouri Valley	Persia
Poverty rate	10.0%	17.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938