Montpelier vs Moscow

A side-by-side comparison of Montpelier and Moscow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moscow has the higher population (494 vs 228 in Montpelier). Moscow has the higher median household income ($120,489 vs $69,186 in Montpelier). Montpelier has the higher median home value ($253,500 vs $216,200 in Moscow).

Population, income & housing

	Montpelier	Moscow
Population	228	494
Median age	58.9 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,186	$120,489
Median home value	$253,500	$216,200
Housing units	112	225
Homeownership rate	83.9%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	2.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montpelier	Moscow
Population	157 → 228 (+45.2%)	235 → 494 (+110.2%)
Median household income	$54,408 → $69,186 (+27.2%)	$43,617 → $120,489 (+176.2%)
Median home value	$68,000 → $253,500 (+272.8%)	$110,900 → $216,200 (+95.0%)

Montpelier

Population

157228

Median household income

$54,408$69,186

Median home value

$68,000$253,500

Moscow

Population

235494

Median household income

$43,617$120,489

Median home value

$110,900$216,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montpelier	Moscow
Under 5	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	26.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	14.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	30.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.9%
55 to 64	47.8%	17.8%
65 to 74	15.8%	2.6%
75 and over	13.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montpelier	Moscow
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+

	Montpelier	Moscow
No high school diploma	24.8%	3.7%
High school graduate	56.2%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	7.6%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montpelier	Moscow
Drove alone	58.7%	89.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	41.3%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montpelier	Moscow
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.9%
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%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Montpelier	Moscow
Poverty rate	3.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.04	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1938	1949