Knoxville vs Pella

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

Knoxville 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 7,493 in Knoxville). Pella has the higher median household income ($81,201 vs $70,136 in Knoxville). Pella has the higher median home value ($259,600 vs $147,600 in Knoxville).

Population, income & housing

	Knoxville	Pella
Population	7,493	10,624
Median age	42.2 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,136	$81,201
Median home value	$147,600	$259,600
Median gross rent	$810	$1,041
Housing units	3,463	4,226
Homeownership rate	74.3%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knoxville	Pella
Population	7,192 → 7,493 (+4.2%)	10,231 → 10,624 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$47,844 → $70,136 (+46.6%)	$68,963 → $81,201 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$95,100 → $147,600 (+55.2%)	$187,400 → $259,600 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $810 (+20.5%)	$860 → $1,041 (+21.0%)

Knoxville

Population

7,1927,493

Median household income

$47,844$70,136

Median home value

$95,100$147,600

Median gross rent

$672$810

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)

	Knoxville	Pella
Under 5	5.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	10.5%	18.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	9.5%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	7.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	9.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.2%
75 and over	10.5%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knoxville	Pella
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knoxville	Pella
No high school diploma	5.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	34.2%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knoxville	Pella
Drove alone	75.1%	78.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	13.9%	6.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knoxville	Pella
1-unit, detached	77.4%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	13.8%
20 or more units	1.1%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Knoxville	Pella
Poverty rate	9.0%	4.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	13
Median year structure built	1965	1977