Mount Union vs New London

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

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

New London has the higher population (2,402 vs 111 in Mount Union). New London has the higher median household income ($65,815 vs $48,250 in Mount Union). New London has the higher median home value ($118,900 vs $84,500 in Mount Union).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Union	New London
Population	111	2,402
Median age	37.7 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,250	$65,815
Median home value	$84,500	$118,900
Median gross rent	—	$772
Housing units	47	887
Homeownership rate	85.1%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Union	New London
Population	153 → 111 (-27.5%)	2,128 → 2,402 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$38,542 → $48,250 (+25.2%)	$54,226 → $65,815 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$72,800 → $84,500 (+16.1%)	$86,800 → $118,900 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$680 → $772 (+13.5%)

Mount Union

Population

153111

Median household income

$38,542$48,250

Median home value

$72,800$84,500

New London

Population

2,1282,402

Median household income

$54,226$65,815

Median home value

$86,800$118,900

Median gross rent

$680$772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Union	New London
Under 5	1.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	32.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	4.5%	14.1%
25 to 34	3.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	18.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	18.3%
55 to 64	8.1%	7.8%
65 to 74	13.5%	9.1%
75 and over	8.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Union	New London
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Union	New London
No high school diploma	5.9%	6.2%
High school graduate	32.4%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Union	New London
Drove alone	86.5%	87.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Union	New London
1-unit, detached	80.9%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Mount Union	New London
Poverty rate	9.9%	9.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1973	1961