High Amana vs South Amana

A side-by-side comparison of High Amana and South Amana: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Amana has the higher population (126 vs 80 in High Amana). High Amana has the higher median household income ($188,646 vs $107,250 in South Amana). South Amana has the higher median home value ($287,500 vs $161,500 in High Amana).

Population, income & housing

	High Amana	South Amana
Population	80	126
Median age	53.9 yrs	25.0 yrs
Median household income	$188,646	$107,250
Median home value	$161,500	$287,500
Housing units	31	29
Homeownership rate	100.0%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	High Amana	South Amana
Population	81 → 80 (-1.2%)	117 → 126 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $188,646 (+164.8%)	—
Median home value	$183,100 → $161,500 (-11.8%)	$244,400 → $287,500 (+17.6%)

High Amana

Population

8180

Median household income

$71,250$188,646

Median home value

$183,100$161,500

South Amana

Population

117126

Median home value

$244,400$287,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	High Amana	South Amana
Under 5	0.0%	15.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	34.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	25.0%	25.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	20.6%
45 to 54	27.5%	4.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	21.3%	0.0%
75 and over	15.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	High Amana	South Amana
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	100.0%
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	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	High Amana	South Amana
No high school diploma	13.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.7%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	47.5%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	High Amana	South Amana
Drove alone	86.8%	71.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	High Amana	South Amana
1-unit, detached	100.0%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	34.5%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	High Amana	South Amana
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.58	4.34
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1973	1938