Neola vs Walnut

A side-by-side comparison of Neola and Walnut: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Walnut has the higher population (1,339 vs 1,098 in Neola). Neola has the higher median household income ($68,859 vs $65,278 in Walnut). Neola has the higher median home value ($166,400 vs $97,900 in Walnut).

Population, income & housing

	Neola	Walnut
Population	1,098	1,339
Median age	35.5 yrs	66.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,859	$65,278
Median home value	$166,400	$97,900
Median gross rent	$994	$844
Housing units	414	412
Homeownership rate	70.8%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neola	Walnut
Population	990 → 1,098 (+10.9%)	764 → 1,339 (+75.3%)
Median household income	$67,188 → $68,859 (+2.5%)	$46,625 → $65,278 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $166,400 (+37.9%)	$102,900 → $97,900 (-4.9%)
Median gross rent	$870 → $994 (+14.3%)	$823 → $844 (+2.6%)

Neola

Population

9901,098

Median household income

$67,188$68,859

Median home value

$120,700$166,400

Median gross rent

$870$994

Walnut

Population

7641,339

Median household income

$46,625$65,278

Median home value

$102,900$97,900

Median gross rent

$823$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Neola	Walnut
Under 5	7.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	28.3%	9.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	1.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	3.5%
45 to 54	7.7%	7.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	5.4%	19.7%
75 and over	8.6%	33.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neola	Walnut
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.7%
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	0.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neola	Walnut
No high school diploma	2.3%	11.4%
High school graduate	35.9%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	47.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neola	Walnut
Drove alone	74.0%	85.5%
Carpooled	6.7%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	9.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Neola	Walnut
1-unit, detached	85.5%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Neola	Walnut
Poverty rate	6.3%	9.7%
Average household size	2.67	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938