Paullina vs Primghar

A side-by-side comparison of Paullina and Primghar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Primghar has the higher population (965 vs 843 in Paullina). Primghar has the higher median household income ($77,813 vs $57,308 in Paullina). Primghar has the higher median home value ($135,500 vs $118,800 in Paullina).

Population, income & housing

	Paullina	Primghar
Population	843	965
Median age	51.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,308	$77,813
Median home value	$118,800	$135,500
Median gross rent	$810	$975
Housing units	488	419
Homeownership rate	75.1%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paullina	Primghar
Population	953 → 843 (-11.5%)	882 → 965 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$64,125 → $57,308 (-10.6%)	$53,750 → $77,813 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$89,300 → $118,800 (+33.0%)	$75,600 → $135,500 (+79.2%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $810 (+19.1%)	$595 → $975 (+63.9%)

Paullina

Population

953843

Median household income

$64,125$57,308

Median home value

$89,300$118,800

Median gross rent

$680$810

Primghar

Population

882965

Median household income

$53,750$77,813

Median home value

$75,600$135,500

Median gross rent

$595$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paullina	Primghar
Under 5	4.5%	10.7%
5 to 17	11.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	7.5%	14.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	8.3%
45 to 54	15.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	7.4%
75 and over	14.7%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paullina	Primghar
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paullina	Primghar
No high school diploma	8.7%	7.2%
High school graduate	39.2%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paullina	Primghar
Drove alone	87.6%	85.3%
Carpooled	2.5%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	1.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paullina	Primghar
1-unit, detached	85.7%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Paullina	Primghar
Poverty rate	8.1%	7.2%
Average household size	2.02	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1954	1961