Center Junction vs Martelle

A side-by-side comparison of Center Junction and Martelle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Martelle has the higher population (432 vs 125 in Center Junction). Martelle has the higher median household income ($95,000 vs $32,679 in Center Junction). Martelle has the higher median home value ($130,000 vs $57,800 in Center Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Center Junction	Martelle
Population	125	432
Median age	60.4 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$32,679	$95,000
Median home value	$57,800	$130,000
Median gross rent	—	$720
Housing units	86	151
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Junction	Martelle
Population	118 → 125 (+5.9%)	232 → 432 (+86.2%)
Median household income	—	$51,250 → $95,000 (+85.4%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $57,800 (-1.7%)	$108,800 → $130,000 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $933 (+12.4%)	$650 → $720 (+10.8%)

Center Junction

Population

118125

Median home value

$58,800$57,800

Median gross rent

$830$933

Martelle

Population

232432

Median household income

$51,250$95,000

Median home value

$108,800$130,000

Median gross rent

$650$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center Junction	Martelle
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	5.6%	27.1%
18 to 24	17.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	18.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	9.0%
65 to 74	16.0%	3.0%
75 and over	30.4%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Junction	Martelle
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
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	0.0%	15.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Junction	Martelle
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.6%
High school graduate	66.3%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Junction	Martelle
Drove alone	100.0%	79.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Junction	Martelle
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Center Junction	Martelle
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.6%
Average household size	2.05	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1938	1943