Martinsburg vs Thornburg

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

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

Martinsburg has the higher population (96 vs 43 in Thornburg). Martinsburg has the higher median household income ($43,281 vs $39,821 in Thornburg). Since 2019, Martinsburg's population has grown faster (+7.9% vs -10.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Martinsburg	Thornburg
Population	96	43
Median age	46.4 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,281	$39,821
Median home value	$52,500	—
Housing units	44	21
Homeownership rate	88.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	25.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martinsburg	Thornburg
Population	89 → 96 (+7.9%)	48 → 43 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $43,281 (-27.1%)	$45,417 → $39,821 (-12.3%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $52,500 (-25.0%)	$35,000 → $22,500 (-35.7%)

Martinsburg

Population

8996

Median household income

$59,375$43,281

Median home value

$70,000$52,500

Thornburg

Population

4843

Median household income

$45,417$39,821

Median home value

$35,000$22,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Martinsburg	Thornburg
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	4.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.3%
25 to 34	20.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.2%	7.0%
45 to 54	17.7%	20.9%
55 to 64	9.4%	23.3%
65 to 74	14.6%	37.2%
75 and over	10.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martinsburg	Thornburg
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martinsburg	Thornburg
No high school diploma	10.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	60.0%	55.0%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	15.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martinsburg	Thornburg
Drove alone	56.3%	80.0%
Carpooled	27.1%	20.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	0.0%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martinsburg	Thornburg
1-unit, detached	77.3%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
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	22.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Martinsburg	Thornburg
Poverty rate	32.3%	14.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1970	1938