Deep River vs Montezuma

A side-by-side comparison of Deep River and Montezuma: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montezuma has the higher population (1,257 vs 315 in Deep River). Deep River has the higher median household income ($67,143 vs $63,375 in Montezuma). Montezuma has the higher median home value ($157,800 vs $82,100 in Deep River).

Population, income & housing

	Deep River	Montezuma
Population	315	1,257
Median age	35.4 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,143	$63,375
Median home value	$82,100	$157,800
Median gross rent	—	$843
Housing units	129	651
Homeownership rate	84.4%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deep River	Montezuma
Population	236 → 315 (+33.5%)	1,338 → 1,257 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $67,143 (+61.1%)	$54,526 → $63,375 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $82,100 (+25.5%)	$106,800 → $157,800 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$290 → $408 (+40.7%)	$697 → $843 (+20.9%)

Deep River

Population

236315

Median household income

$41,667$67,143

Median home value

$65,400$82,100

Median gross rent

$290$408

Montezuma

Population

1,3381,257

Median household income

$54,526$63,375

Median home value

$106,800$157,800

Median gross rent

$697$843

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deep River	Montezuma
Under 5	2.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	29.8%	12.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	10.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	8.2%
45 to 54	4.1%	10.0%
55 to 64	19.4%	18.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	12.2%
75 and over	6.7%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deep River	Montezuma
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deep River	Montezuma
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	67.5%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deep River	Montezuma
Drove alone	72.5%	86.3%
Carpooled	18.1%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	5.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deep River	Montezuma
1-unit, detached	82.9%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	20.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Deep River	Montezuma
Poverty rate	9.2%	17.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	37	20
Median year structure built	1938	1973