Martelle vs Stone City

A side-by-side comparison of Martelle and Stone City: population, income, housing, and more.

Martelle and Stone City 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 122 in Stone City). Stone City has the higher median household income ($185,809 vs $95,000 in Martelle). Stone City has the higher median home value ($547,400 vs $130,000 in Martelle).

Population, income & housing

	Martelle	Stone City
Population	432	122
Median age	33.7 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	$95,000	$185,809
Median home value	$130,000	$547,400
Median gross rent	$720	—
Housing units	151	88
Homeownership rate	84.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	57.3%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martelle	Stone City
Population	232 → 432 (+86.2%)	130 → 122 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $95,000 (+85.4%)	$65,446 → $185,809 (+183.9%)
Median home value	$108,800 → $130,000 (+19.5%)	$352,800 → $547,400 (+55.2%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $720 (+10.8%)	—

Martelle

Population

232432

Median household income

$51,250$95,000

Median home value

$108,800$130,000

Median gross rent

$650$720

Stone City

Population

130122

Median household income

$65,446$185,809

Median home value

$352,800$547,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Martelle	Stone City
Under 5	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	27.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	32.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	18.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.7%	36.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	3.0%	7.4%
75 and over	2.3%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martelle	Stone City
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	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	15.7%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martelle	Stone City
No high school diploma	1.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.7%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	57.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martelle	Stone City
Drove alone	79.3%	73.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	27.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martelle	Stone City
1-unit, detached	96.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
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

	Martelle	Stone City
Poverty rate	10.6%	0.0%
Average household size	3.04	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1943	1989