Palo vs Springville

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

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

Springville has the higher population (1,210 vs 1,173 in Palo). Palo has the higher median household income ($103,646 vs $96,250 in Springville). Palo has the higher median home value ($274,200 vs $175,900 in Springville).

Population, income & housing

	Palo	Springville
Population	1,173	1,210
Median age	32.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$103,646	$96,250
Median home value	$274,200	$175,900
Median gross rent	$1,063	$1,000
Housing units	409	529
Homeownership rate	95.3%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palo	Springville
Population	1,044 → 1,173 (+12.4%)	1,092 → 1,210 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$76,944 → $103,646 (+34.7%)	$63,365 → $96,250 (+51.9%)
Median home value	$191,900 → $274,200 (+42.9%)	$128,400 → $175,900 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,063 (+5.7%)	$704 → $1,000 (+42.0%)

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

Springville

Population

1,0921,210

Median household income

$63,365$96,250

Median home value

$128,400$175,900

Median gross rent

$704$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palo	Springville
Under 5	10.7%	11.3%
5 to 17	22.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	3.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	16.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	14.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	6.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	4.4%	8.9%
75 and over	3.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palo	Springville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palo	Springville
No high school diploma	1.4%	3.9%
High school graduate	35.5%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palo	Springville
Drove alone	79.6%	74.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.5%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	12.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palo	Springville
1-unit, detached	97.1%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Palo	Springville
Poverty rate	3.3%	9.3%
Average household size	2.93	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	2005	1964