Marengo vs Middle Amana

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

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

Marengo has the higher population (2,823 vs 739 in Middle Amana). Middle Amana has the higher median household income ($96,211 vs $58,125 in Marengo). Middle Amana has the higher median home value ($251,500 vs $114,100 in Marengo).

Population, income & housing

	Marengo	Middle Amana
Population	2,823	739
Median age	38.4 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$96,211
Median home value	$114,100	$251,500
Median gross rent	$722	—
Housing units	1,233	336
Homeownership rate	67.4%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marengo	Middle Amana
Population	2,483 → 2,823 (+13.7%)	778 → 739 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$54,180 → $58,125 (+7.3%)	$96,964 → $96,211 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $114,100 (+15.8%)	$185,100 → $251,500 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $722 (+22.6%)	—

Marengo

Population

2,4832,823

Median household income

$54,180$58,125

Median home value

$98,500$114,100

Median gross rent

$589$722

Middle Amana

Population

778739

Median household income

$96,964$96,211

Median home value

$185,100$251,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marengo	Middle Amana
Under 5	5.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.6%	4.5%
35 to 44	15.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	27.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	8.3%
65 to 74	12.6%	8.0%
75 and over	6.2%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marengo	Middle Amana
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	96.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marengo	Middle Amana
No high school diploma	9.2%	2.5%
High school graduate	43.2%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marengo	Middle Amana
Drove alone	83.9%	76.4%
Carpooled	9.4%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marengo	Middle Amana
1-unit, detached	74.9%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	2.7%
20 or more units	1.4%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marengo	Middle Amana
Poverty rate	12.8%	6.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1958	1995