College Springs vs Northboro

A side-by-side comparison of College Springs and Northboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

College Springs has the higher population (217 vs 44 in Northboro). College Springs has the higher median household income ($70,242 vs $33,250 in Northboro). College Springs has the higher median home value ($73,800 vs $55,000 in Northboro).

Population, income & housing

	College Springs	Northboro
Population	217	44
Median age	47.5 yrs	61.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,242	$33,250
Median home value	$73,800	$55,000
Housing units	115	30
Homeownership rate	96.4%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	College Springs	Northboro
Population	249 → 217 (-12.9%)	73 → 44 (-39.7%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $70,242 (+93.8%)	$82,857 → $33,250 (-59.9%)
Median home value	$55,600 → $73,800 (+32.7%)	$23,800 → $55,000 (+131.1%)
Median gross rent	$495 → $742 (+49.9%)	—

College Springs

Population

249217

Median household income

$36,250$70,242

Median home value

$55,600$73,800

Median gross rent

$495$742

Northboro

Population

7344

Median household income

$82,857$33,250

Median home value

$23,800$55,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	College Springs	Northboro
Under 5	5.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	13.4%	9.1%
18 to 24	1.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	17.1%	15.9%
45 to 54	20.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	18.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	22.7%
75 and over	7.8%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	College Springs	Northboro
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	95.5%
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	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	College Springs	Northboro
No high school diploma	2.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	49.4%	70.3%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	5.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	College Springs	Northboro
Drove alone	83.3%	87.5%
Carpooled	2.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	12.5%
Walked	8.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	College Springs	Northboro
1-unit, detached	98.3%	90.0%
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	1.7%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	College Springs	Northboro
Poverty rate	12.4%	4.5%
Average household size	1.97	1.63
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938