Mineola vs Pacific Junction

A side-by-side comparison of Mineola and Pacific Junction: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mineola has the higher population (115 vs 75 in Pacific Junction). Mineola has the higher median household income ($99,375 vs $37,250 in Pacific Junction). Since 2019, Mineola's population has grown faster (-48.7% vs -79.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Mineola	Pacific Junction
Population	115	75
Median age	14.4 yrs	59.7 yrs
Median household income	$99,375	$37,250
Median home value	—	$127,900
Housing units	101	65
Homeownership rate	100.0%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.0%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mineola	Pacific Junction
Population	224 → 115 (-48.7%)	361 → 75 (-79.2%)
Median household income	$58,942 → $99,375 (+68.6%)	$49,306 → $37,250 (-24.5%)
Median home value	$106,800 → $106,900 (+0.1%)	$83,500 → $127,900 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$861 → $1,097 (+27.4%)

Mineola

Population

224115

Median household income

$58,942$99,375

Median home value

$106,800$106,900

Pacific Junction

Population

36175

Median household income

$49,306$37,250

Median home value

$83,500$127,900

Median gross rent

$861$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mineola	Pacific Junction
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	57.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	17.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.0%
35 to 44	20.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	8.7%	22.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	24.0%
75 and over	6.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mineola	Pacific Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mineola	Pacific Junction
No high school diploma	14.3%	12.9%
High school graduate	20.4%	64.5%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	49.0%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mineola	Pacific Junction
Drove alone	100.0%	88.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mineola	Pacific Junction
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Mineola	Pacific Junction
Poverty rate	6.1%	25.3%
Average household size	3.97	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1938	1954