Montrose vs Mooar

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

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

Montrose has the higher population (688 vs 260 in Mooar). Mooar has the higher median household income ($79,861 vs $73,333 in Montrose). Montrose has the higher median home value ($92,100 vs $77,700 in Mooar).

Population, income & housing

	Montrose	Mooar
Population	688	260
Median age	51.6 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,333	$79,861
Median home value	$92,100	$77,700
Median gross rent	$654	—
Housing units	327	87
Homeownership rate	93.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montrose	Mooar
Population	837 → 688 (-17.8%)	388 → 260 (-33.0%)
Median household income	$55,391 → $73,333 (+32.4%)	$66,071 → $79,861 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $92,100 (+7.0%)	$53,900 → $77,700 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $654 (+4.6%)	—

Montrose

Population

837688

Median household income

$55,391$73,333

Median home value

$86,100$92,100

Median gross rent

$625$654

Mooar

Population

388260

Median household income

$66,071$79,861

Median home value

$53,900$77,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montrose	Mooar
Under 5	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.5%	22.7%
18 to 24	1.5%	14.6%
25 to 34	8.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	5.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.1%	18.5%
65 to 74	16.6%	6.5%
75 and over	12.6%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montrose	Mooar
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montrose	Mooar
No high school diploma	4.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	44.1%	60.7%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montrose	Mooar
Drove alone	88.0%	81.0%
Carpooled	2.0%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	6.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	6.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montrose	Mooar
1-unit, detached	94.8%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	39.1%

Poverty & households

	Montrose	Mooar
Poverty rate	8.8%	3.8%
Average household size	2.22	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	17	9
Median year structure built	1962	1992