Plover vs Varina

A side-by-side comparison of Plover and Varina: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plover has the higher population (46 vs 31 in Varina). Plover has the higher median household income ($45,750 vs $40,000 in Varina). Since 2019, Varina's population has grown faster (-34.0% vs -47.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Plover	Varina
Population	46	31
Median age	65.1 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,750	$40,000
Median home value	—	$46,000
Housing units	47	18
Homeownership rate	75.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plover	Varina
Population	87 → 46 (-47.1%)	47 → 31 (-34.0%)
Median household income	$34,500 → $45,750 (+32.6%)	$40,000 → $40,000 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $41,400 (-8.0%)	$32,500 → $46,000 (+41.5%)

Plover

Population

8746

Median household income

$34,500$45,750

Median home value

$45,000$41,400

Varina

Population

4731

Median household income

$40,000$40,000

Median home value

$32,500$46,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plover	Varina
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.7%	9.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	3.2%
25 to 34	4.3%	3.2%
35 to 44	4.3%	3.2%
45 to 54	4.3%	25.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	9.7%
65 to 74	54.3%	32.3%
75 and over	0.0%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plover	Varina
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	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	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plover	Varina
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.4%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plover	Varina
Drove alone	94.7%	88.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plover	Varina
1-unit, detached	91.5%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plover	Varina
Poverty rate	13.0%	3.2%
Average household size	1.59	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	17	14
Median year structure built	1938	1951