Northboro vs Shambaugh

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

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

Shambaugh has the higher population (114 vs 44 in Northboro). Shambaugh has the higher median household income ($75,313 vs $33,250 in Northboro). Shambaugh has the higher median home value ($66,100 vs $55,000 in Northboro).

Population, income & housing

	Northboro	Shambaugh
Population	44	114
Median age	61.7 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$33,250	$75,313
Median home value	$55,000	$66,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,063
Housing units	30	73
Homeownership rate	92.6%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northboro	Shambaugh
Population	73 → 44 (-39.7%)	142 → 114 (-19.7%)
Median household income	$82,857 → $33,250 (-59.9%)	$43,125 → $75,313 (+74.6%)
Median home value	$23,800 → $55,000 (+131.1%)	$74,200 → $66,100 (-10.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$933 → $1,063 (+13.9%)

Northboro

Population

7344

Median household income

$82,857$33,250

Median home value

$23,800$55,000

Shambaugh

Population

142114

Median household income

$43,125$75,313

Median home value

$74,200$66,100

Median gross rent

$933$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northboro	Shambaugh
Under 5	6.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	9.1%	12.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	9.1%	19.3%
55 to 64	18.2%	23.7%
65 to 74	22.7%	11.4%
75 and over	18.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northboro	Shambaugh
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	97.4%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northboro	Shambaugh
No high school diploma	8.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	70.3%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	5.4%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northboro	Shambaugh
Drove alone	87.5%	84.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.2%
Public transit	12.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northboro	Shambaugh
1-unit, detached	90.0%	87.7%
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	10.0%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Northboro	Shambaugh
Poverty rate	4.5%	6.1%
Average household size	1.63	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1938	1938