Donnellson vs Mooar

A side-by-side comparison of Donnellson and Mooar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Donnellson has the higher population (813 vs 260 in Mooar). Mooar has the higher median household income ($79,861 vs $55,313 in Donnellson). Donnellson has the higher median home value ($134,000 vs $77,700 in Mooar).

Population, income & housing

	Donnellson	Mooar
Population	813	260
Median age	37.4 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$79,861
Median home value	$134,000	$77,700
Median gross rent	$751	—
Housing units	352	87
Homeownership rate	76.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donnellson	Mooar
Population	1,039 → 813 (-21.8%)	388 → 260 (-33.0%)
Median household income	$53,581 → $55,313 (+3.2%)	$66,071 → $79,861 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$103,600 → $134,000 (+29.3%)	$53,900 → $77,700 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $751 (+14.8%)	—

Donnellson

Population

1,039813

Median household income

$53,581$55,313

Median home value

$103,600$134,000

Median gross rent

$654$751

Mooar

Population

388260

Median household income

$66,071$79,861

Median home value

$53,900$77,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donnellson	Mooar
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	22.7%
18 to 24	3.8%	14.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	5.4%
45 to 54	6.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	18.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	6.5%
75 and over	10.8%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donnellson	Mooar
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.3%	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	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donnellson	Mooar
No high school diploma	3.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	60.7%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donnellson	Mooar
Drove alone	83.7%	81.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	6.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donnellson	Mooar
1-unit, detached	75.6%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	39.1%

Poverty & households

	Donnellson	Mooar
Poverty rate	13.9%	3.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	27	9
Median year structure built	1966	1992