Moorhead vs Onawa

A side-by-side comparison of Moorhead and Onawa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Onawa has the higher population (2,862 vs 263 in Moorhead). Onawa has the higher median household income ($54,659 vs $35,938 in Moorhead). Onawa has the higher median home value ($125,700 vs $56,400 in Moorhead).

Population, income & housing

	Moorhead	Onawa
Population	263	2,862
Median age	39.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,938	$54,659
Median home value	$56,400	$125,700
Median gross rent	$867	$1,005
Housing units	131	1,369
Homeownership rate	74.0%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moorhead	Onawa
Population	184 → 263 (+42.9%)	2,804 → 2,862 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$33,125 → $35,938 (+8.5%)	$36,406 → $54,659 (+50.1%)
Median home value	$47,900 → $56,400 (+17.7%)	$83,900 → $125,700 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $867 (+44.5%)	$611 → $1,005 (+64.5%)

Moorhead

Population

184263

Median household income

$33,125$35,938

Median home value

$47,900$56,400

Median gross rent

$600$867

Onawa

Population

2,8042,862

Median household income

$36,406$54,659

Median home value

$83,900$125,700

Median gross rent

$611$1,005

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moorhead	Onawa
Under 5	7.6%	7.8%
5 to 17	21.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	3.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	15.6%	8.6%
75 and over	7.2%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moorhead	Onawa
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moorhead	Onawa
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.8%
High school graduate	42.5%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	43.7%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moorhead	Onawa
Drove alone	82.9%	81.7%
Carpooled	17.1%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moorhead	Onawa
1-unit, detached	96.9%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Moorhead	Onawa
Poverty rate	36.5%	16.1%
Average household size	2.14	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1938	1960