Houghton vs Mooar

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

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

Mooar has the higher population (260 vs 87 in Houghton). Houghton has the higher median household income ($104,375 vs $79,861 in Mooar). Houghton has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $77,700 in Mooar).

Population, income & housing

	Houghton	Mooar
Population	87	260
Median age	43.3 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$104,375	$79,861
Median home value	$212,500	$77,700
Median gross rent	$700	—
Housing units	40	87
Homeownership rate	83.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houghton	Mooar
Population	123 → 87 (-29.3%)	388 → 260 (-33.0%)
Median household income	$65,000 → $104,375 (+60.6%)	$66,071 → $79,861 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $212,500 (+54.5%)	$53,900 → $77,700 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $700 (+27.3%)	—

Houghton

Population

12387

Median household income

$65,000$104,375

Median home value

$137,500$212,500

Median gross rent

$550$700

Mooar

Population

388260

Median household income

$66,071$79,861

Median home value

$53,900$77,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houghton	Mooar
Under 5	10.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	22.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	17.2%	5.4%
45 to 54	4.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.1%	18.5%
65 to 74	19.5%	6.5%
75 and over	8.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houghton	Mooar
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	100.0%
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	6.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houghton	Mooar
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.8%	60.7%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houghton	Mooar
Drove alone	81.0%	81.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houghton	Mooar
1-unit, detached	97.5%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	39.1%

Poverty & households

	Houghton	Mooar
Poverty rate	1.1%	3.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	18	9
Median year structure built	1975	1992