Palo vs Prairieburg

A side-by-side comparison of Palo and Prairieburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palo has the higher population (1,173 vs 140 in Prairieburg). Palo has the higher median household income ($103,646 vs $61,250 in Prairieburg). Palo has the higher median home value ($274,200 vs $98,500 in Prairieburg).

Population, income & housing

	Palo	Prairieburg
Population	1,173	140
Median age	32.7 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$103,646	$61,250
Median home value	$274,200	$98,500
Median gross rent	$1,063	—
Housing units	409	59
Homeownership rate	95.3%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palo	Prairieburg
Population	1,044 → 1,173 (+12.4%)	176 → 140 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$76,944 → $103,646 (+34.7%)	$63,750 → $61,250 (-3.9%)
Median home value	$191,900 → $274,200 (+42.9%)	$88,000 → $98,500 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,063 (+5.7%)	$642 → $850 (+32.4%)

Palo

Population

1,0441,173

Median household income

$76,944$103,646

Median home value

$191,900$274,200

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,063

Prairieburg

Population

176140

Median household income

$63,750$61,250

Median home value

$88,000$98,500

Median gross rent

$642$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palo	Prairieburg
Under 5	10.7%	10.7%
5 to 17	22.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	3.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	16.4%	3.6%
35 to 44	16.6%	20.7%
45 to 54	14.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	6.9%	19.3%
65 to 74	4.4%	2.9%
75 and over	3.7%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palo	Prairieburg
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palo	Prairieburg
No high school diploma	1.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	35.5%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palo	Prairieburg
Drove alone	79.6%	77.4%
Carpooled	5.1%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palo	Prairieburg
1-unit, detached	97.1%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Palo	Prairieburg
Poverty rate	3.3%	8.0%
Average household size	2.93	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	38
Median year structure built	2005	1938