Marengo vs Victor

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

Marengo and Victor 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 946 in Victor). Victor has the higher median household income ($70,694 vs $58,125 in Marengo). Victor has the higher median home value ($116,200 vs $114,100 in Marengo).

Population, income & housing

	Marengo	Victor
Population	2,823	946
Median age	38.4 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$70,694
Median home value	$114,100	$116,200
Median gross rent	$722	$742
Housing units	1,233	391
Homeownership rate	67.4%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marengo	Victor
Population	2,483 → 2,823 (+13.7%)	796 → 946 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$54,180 → $58,125 (+7.3%)	$54,375 → $70,694 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $114,100 (+15.8%)	$87,000 → $116,200 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $722 (+22.6%)	$657 → $742 (+12.9%)

Marengo

Population

2,4832,823

Median household income

$54,180$58,125

Median home value

$98,500$114,100

Median gross rent

$589$722

Victor

Population

796946

Median household income

$54,375$70,694

Median home value

$87,000$116,200

Median gross rent

$657$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marengo	Victor
Under 5	5.8%	9.4%
5 to 17	20.4%	20.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	15.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	17.3%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.6%
75 and over	6.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marengo	Victor
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	95.9%
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%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marengo	Victor
No high school diploma	9.2%	6.5%
High school graduate	43.2%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marengo	Victor
Drove alone	83.9%	77.7%
Carpooled	9.4%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marengo	Victor
1-unit, detached	74.9%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Marengo	Victor
Poverty rate	12.8%	23.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1958	1957