Harper vs Martinsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Harper and Martinsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harper has the higher population (130 vs 96 in Martinsburg). Harper has the higher median household income ($70,417 vs $43,281 in Martinsburg). Harper has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $52,500 in Martinsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Harper	Martinsburg
Population	130	96
Median age	22.3 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,417	$43,281
Median home value	$95,000	$52,500
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	33	44
Homeownership rate	87.9%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harper	Martinsburg
Population	86 → 130 (+51.2%)	89 → 96 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $70,417 (-1.2%)	$59,375 → $43,281 (-27.1%)
Median home value	$68,000 → $95,000 (+39.7%)	$70,000 → $52,500 (-25.0%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $850 (+16.3%)	—

Harper

Population

86130

Median household income

$71,250$70,417

Median home value

$68,000$95,000

Median gross rent

$731$850

Martinsburg

Population

8996

Median household income

$59,375$43,281

Median home value

$70,000$52,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harper	Martinsburg
Under 5	6.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	32.3%	17.7%
18 to 24	15.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.9%	20.8%
35 to 44	20.0%	5.2%
45 to 54	6.2%	17.7%
55 to 64	2.3%	9.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	14.6%
75 and over	1.5%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harper	Martinsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	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	5.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harper	Martinsburg
No high school diploma	13.3%	10.7%
High school graduate	38.3%	60.0%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harper	Martinsburg
Drove alone	90.9%	56.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	27.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harper	Martinsburg
1-unit, detached	100.0%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	22.7%

Poverty & households

	Harper	Martinsburg
Poverty rate	7.0%	32.3%
Average household size	3.94	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1938	1970