Essex vs Northboro

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

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

Essex has the higher population (875 vs 44 in Northboro). Essex has the higher median household income ($57,344 vs $33,250 in Northboro). Essex has the higher median home value ($87,700 vs $55,000 in Northboro).

Population, income & housing

	Essex	Northboro
Population	875	44
Median age	48.0 yrs	61.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,344	$33,250
Median home value	$87,700	$55,000
Median gross rent	$681	—
Housing units	416	30
Homeownership rate	78.9%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex	Northboro
Population	777 → 875 (+12.6%)	73 → 44 (-39.7%)
Median household income	$52,454 → $57,344 (+9.3%)	$82,857 → $33,250 (-59.9%)
Median home value	$73,700 → $87,700 (+19.0%)	$23,800 → $55,000 (+131.1%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $681 (+2.7%)	—

Essex

Population

777875

Median household income

$52,454$57,344

Median home value

$73,700$87,700

Median gross rent

$663$681

Northboro

Population

7344

Median household income

$82,857$33,250

Median home value

$23,800$55,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essex	Northboro
Under 5	3.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.3%	9.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.4%	15.9%
45 to 54	16.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	18.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	22.7%
75 and over	12.2%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex	Northboro
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	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	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex	Northboro
No high school diploma	8.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	39.2%	70.3%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	5.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex	Northboro
Drove alone	90.3%	87.5%
Carpooled	5.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	12.5%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex	Northboro
1-unit, detached	83.7%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Essex	Northboro
Poverty rate	9.6%	4.5%
Average household size	2.22	1.63
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1951	1938