Ladora vs Middle Amana

A side-by-side comparison of Ladora and Middle Amana: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Middle Amana has the higher population (739 vs 270 in Ladora). Middle Amana has the higher median household income ($96,211 vs $61,250 in Ladora). Middle Amana has the higher median home value ($251,500 vs $81,900 in Ladora).

Population, income & housing

	Ladora	Middle Amana
Population	270	739
Median age	35.5 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$96,211
Median home value	$81,900	$251,500
Median gross rent	$492	—
Housing units	108	336
Homeownership rate	85.9%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ladora	Middle Amana
Population	255 → 270 (+5.9%)	778 → 739 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $61,250 (+14.0%)	$96,964 → $96,211 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $81,900 (+19.0%)	$185,100 → $251,500 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$375 → $492 (+31.2%)	—

Ladora

Population

255270

Median household income

$53,750$61,250

Median home value

$68,800$81,900

Median gross rent

$375$492

Middle Amana

Population

778739

Median household income

$96,964$96,211

Median home value

$185,100$251,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ladora	Middle Amana
Under 5	4.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	26.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	4.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	4.5%
35 to 44	20.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	8.1%	27.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	8.3%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.0%
75 and over	5.9%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ladora	Middle Amana
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	96.8%
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	7.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ladora	Middle Amana
No high school diploma	5.1%	2.5%
High school graduate	44.0%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ladora	Middle Amana
Drove alone	81.9%	76.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	13.2%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ladora	Middle Amana
1-unit, detached	86.1%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ladora	Middle Amana
Poverty rate	13.0%	6.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	31	19
Median year structure built	1938	1995