Bussey vs Pella

A side-by-side comparison of Bussey and Pella: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pella has the higher population (10,624 vs 453 in Bussey). Pella has the higher median household income ($81,201 vs $47,857 in Bussey). Pella has the higher median home value ($259,600 vs $62,500 in Bussey).

Population, income & housing

	Bussey	Pella
Population	453	10,624
Median age	39.9 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,857	$81,201
Median home value	$62,500	$259,600
Median gross rent	$580	$1,041
Housing units	209	4,226
Homeownership rate	85.4%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bussey	Pella
Population	420 → 453 (+7.9%)	10,231 → 10,624 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$32,303 → $47,857 (+48.2%)	$68,963 → $81,201 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$48,500 → $62,500 (+28.9%)	$187,400 → $259,600 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $580 (+12.6%)	$860 → $1,041 (+21.0%)

Bussey

Population

420453

Median household income

$32,303$47,857

Median home value

$48,500$62,500

Median gross rent

$515$580

Pella

Population

10,23110,624

Median household income

$68,963$81,201

Median home value

$187,400$259,600

Median gross rent

$860$1,041

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bussey	Pella
Under 5	4.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	23.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	18.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	8.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	16.6%	7.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.9%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.2%
75 and over	8.8%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bussey	Pella
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bussey	Pella
No high school diploma	8.8%	4.3%
High school graduate	44.6%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bussey	Pella
Drove alone	85.6%	78.9%
Carpooled	10.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	1.7%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bussey	Pella
1-unit, detached	92.3%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	13.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Bussey	Pella
Poverty rate	12.4%	4.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	13
Median year structure built	1944	1977