Persia vs Woodbine

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

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

Woodbine has the higher population (1,418 vs 327 in Persia). Persia has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $54,167 in Woodbine). Woodbine has the higher median home value ($141,900 vs $111,300 in Persia).

Population, income & housing

	Persia	Woodbine
Population	327	1,418
Median age	43.1 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$54,167
Median home value	$111,300	$141,900
Median gross rent	$925	$858
Housing units	128	634
Homeownership rate	77.9%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Persia	Woodbine
Population	313 → 327 (+4.5%)	1,488 → 1,418 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $75,000 (+26.3%)	$56,923 → $54,167 (-4.8%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $111,300 (+43.6%)	$109,900 → $141,900 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $925 (+10.6%)	$725 → $858 (+18.3%)

Persia

Population

313327

Median household income

$59,375$75,000

Median home value

$77,500$111,300

Median gross rent

$836$925

Woodbine

Population

1,4881,418

Median household income

$56,923$54,167

Median home value

$109,900$141,900

Median gross rent

$725$858

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Persia	Woodbine
Under 5	3.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	25.4%	24.4%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	6.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	15.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.1%	7.1%
75 and over	8.3%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Persia	Woodbine
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Persia	Woodbine
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	37.7%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Persia	Woodbine
Drove alone	87.7%	75.4%
Carpooled	2.6%	9.1%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.1%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Persia	Woodbine
1-unit, detached	92.2%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Persia	Woodbine
Poverty rate	17.0%	14.6%
Average household size	2.68	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1938	1954