Maharishi Vedic City vs Packwood

A side-by-side comparison of Maharishi Vedic City and Packwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Maharishi Vedic City and Packwood are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Packwood has the higher population (484 vs 233 in Maharishi Vedic City). Maharishi Vedic City has the higher median household income ($62,813 vs $43,750 in Packwood). Maharishi Vedic City has the higher median home value ($328,600 vs $79,100 in Packwood).

Population, income & housing

	Maharishi Vedic City	Packwood
Population	233	484
Median age	69.5 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,813	$43,750
Median home value	$328,600	$79,100
Median gross rent	$1,101	$750
Housing units	166	154
Homeownership rate	42.3%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.3%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maharishi Vedic City	Packwood
Population	544 → 233 (-57.2%)	286 → 484 (+69.2%)
Median household income	$42,321 → $62,813 (+48.4%)	$53,958 → $43,750 (-18.9%)
Median home value	$243,800 → $328,600 (+34.8%)	$84,200 → $79,100 (-6.1%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,101 (+18.4%)	$383 → $750 (+95.8%)

Maharishi Vedic City

Population

544233

Median household income

$42,321$62,813

Median home value

$243,800$328,600

Median gross rent

$930$1,101

Packwood

Population

286484

Median household income

$53,958$43,750

Median home value

$84,200$79,100

Median gross rent

$383$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maharishi Vedic City	Packwood
Under 5	0.4%	16.7%
5 to 17	3.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	3.0%	1.7%
25 to 34	14.2%	5.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	18.2%
45 to 54	0.4%	8.3%
55 to 64	5.2%	15.7%
65 to 74	54.1%	11.0%
75 and over	7.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maharishi Vedic City	Packwood
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	98.1%
Black or African American	6.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maharishi Vedic City	Packwood
No high school diploma	1.4%	19.0%
High school graduate	2.8%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	45.6%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	33.6%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maharishi Vedic City	Packwood
Drove alone	52.6%	91.6%
Carpooled	2.1%	3.4%
Public transit	1.1%	5.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	42.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maharishi Vedic City	Packwood
1-unit, detached	23.5%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	49.4%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Maharishi Vedic City	Packwood
Poverty rate	13.0%	1.0%
Average household size	1.53	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	2001	1963