North Liberty vs Tiffin

A side-by-side comparison of North Liberty and Tiffin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Liberty has the higher population (20,782 vs 5,271 in Tiffin). Tiffin has the higher median household income ($106,034 vs $103,933 in North Liberty). Tiffin has the higher median home value ($315,800 vs $300,000 in North Liberty).

Population, income & housing

	North Liberty	Tiffin
Population	20,782	5,271
Median age	31.8 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$103,933	$106,034
Median home value	$300,000	$315,800
Median gross rent	$1,226	$1,367
Housing units	8,450	2,186
Homeownership rate	68.5%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.3%	60.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Liberty	Tiffin
Population	18,829 → 20,782 (+10.4%)	3,351 → 5,271 (+57.3%)
Median household income	$83,949 → $103,933 (+23.8%)	$78,713 → $106,034 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$220,800 → $300,000 (+35.9%)	$233,000 → $315,800 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $1,226 (+10.5%)	$994 → $1,367 (+37.5%)

North Liberty

Population

18,82920,782

Median household income

$83,949$103,933

Median home value

$220,800$300,000

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,226

Tiffin

Population

3,3515,271

Median household income

$78,713$106,034

Median home value

$233,000$315,800

Median gross rent

$994$1,367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Liberty	Tiffin
Under 5	7.0%	8.6%
5 to 17	22.1%	21.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	19.0%	18.0%
35 to 44	19.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	7.0%	8.1%
65 to 74	3.8%	7.8%
75 and over	3.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Liberty	Tiffin
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	79.2%
Black or African American	4.6%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.7%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Liberty	Tiffin
No high school diploma	1.3%	1.4%
High school graduate	11.1%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Liberty	Tiffin
Drove alone	73.2%	79.6%
Carpooled	11.9%	2.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	17.1%
Other means	0.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Liberty	Tiffin
1-unit, detached	49.9%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	22.8%	45.3%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	9.7%
20 or more units	3.7%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	North Liberty	Tiffin
Poverty rate	4.4%	7.1%
Average household size	2.65	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	2004	2011