Marengo vs Williamsburg

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

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

Williamsburg has the higher population (3,347 vs 2,823 in Marengo). Williamsburg has the higher median household income ($65,607 vs $58,125 in Marengo). Williamsburg has the higher median home value ($194,000 vs $114,100 in Marengo).

Population, income & housing

	Marengo	Williamsburg
Population	2,823	3,347
Median age	38.4 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$65,607
Median home value	$114,100	$194,000
Median gross rent	$722	$702
Housing units	1,233	1,491
Homeownership rate	67.4%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marengo	Williamsburg
Population	2,483 → 2,823 (+13.7%)	3,152 → 3,347 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$54,180 → $58,125 (+7.3%)	$71,055 → $65,607 (-7.7%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $114,100 (+15.8%)	$159,700 → $194,000 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $722 (+22.6%)	$537 → $702 (+30.7%)

Marengo

Population

2,4832,823

Median household income

$54,180$58,125

Median home value

$98,500$114,100

Median gross rent

$589$722

Williamsburg

Population

3,1523,347

Median household income

$71,055$65,607

Median home value

$159,700$194,000

Median gross rent

$537$702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marengo	Williamsburg
Under 5	5.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.4%	15.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	11.9%
25 to 34	14.6%	18.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	7.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.6%	5.0%
75 and over	6.2%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marengo	Williamsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	92.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marengo	Williamsburg
No high school diploma	9.2%	2.8%
High school graduate	43.2%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marengo	Williamsburg
Drove alone	83.9%	83.7%
Carpooled	9.4%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marengo	Williamsburg
1-unit, detached	74.9%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	5.8%
20 or more units	1.4%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Marengo	Williamsburg
Poverty rate	12.8%	3.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1958	1979