Middle Amana vs Parnell

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

Middle Amana and Parnell 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 229 in Parnell). Middle Amana has the higher median household income ($96,211 vs $56,667 in Parnell). Middle Amana has the higher median home value ($251,500 vs $118,800 in Parnell).

Population, income & housing

	Middle Amana	Parnell
Population	739	229
Median age	47.5 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$96,211	$56,667
Median home value	$251,500	$118,800
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	336	113
Homeownership rate	71.9%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middle Amana	Parnell
Population	778 → 739 (-5.0%)	221 → 229 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$96,964 → $96,211 (-0.8%)	$45,000 → $56,667 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$185,100 → $251,500 (+35.9%)	$74,200 → $118,800 (+60.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$807 → $950 (+17.7%)

Middle Amana

Population

778739

Median household income

$96,964$96,211

Median home value

$185,100$251,500

Parnell

Population

221229

Median household income

$45,000$56,667

Median home value

$74,200$118,800

Median gross rent

$807$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middle Amana	Parnell
Under 5	5.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	4.5%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	27.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	8.3%	21.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	13.1%
75 and over	9.7%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middle Amana	Parnell
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	86.9%
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	3.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middle Amana	Parnell
No high school diploma	2.5%	8.8%
High school graduate	31.2%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middle Amana	Parnell
Drove alone	76.4%	85.5%
Carpooled	2.9%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.5%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middle Amana	Parnell
1-unit, detached	74.4%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	5.3%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Middle Amana	Parnell
Poverty rate	6.3%	17.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1995	1969