Macksburg vs Truro

A side-by-side comparison of Macksburg and Truro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Truro has the higher population (534 vs 54 in Macksburg). Truro has the higher median household income ($65,313 vs $31,538 in Macksburg). Truro has the higher median home value ($166,700 vs $92,500 in Macksburg).

Population, income & housing

	Macksburg	Truro
Population	54	534
Median age	40.7 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$31,538	$65,313
Median home value	$92,500	$166,700
Median gross rent	—	$836
Housing units	32	198
Homeownership rate	75.0%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	14.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Macksburg	Truro
Population	89 → 54 (-39.3%)	483 → 534 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$20,875 → $31,538 (+51.1%)	$54,327 → $65,313 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $92,500 (+32.1%)	$111,400 → $166,700 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$795 → $836 (+5.2%)

Macksburg

Population

8954

Median household income

$20,875$31,538

Median home value

$70,000$92,500

Truro

Population

483534

Median household income

$54,327$65,313

Median home value

$111,400$166,700

Median gross rent

$795$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Macksburg	Truro
Under 5	3.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	25.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	1.9%	13.1%
35 to 44	20.4%	15.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	16.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	4.5%
65 to 74	16.7%	7.1%
75 and over	3.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Macksburg	Truro
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
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	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Macksburg	Truro
No high school diploma	5.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	65.8%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Macksburg	Truro
Drove alone	79.3%	87.9%
Carpooled	3.4%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Macksburg	Truro
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Macksburg	Truro
Poverty rate	7.4%	12.0%
Average household size	1.93	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	44	35
Median year structure built	1938	1944