Big Rock vs Plainview

A side-by-side comparison of Big Rock and Plainview: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Big Rock has the higher population (12 vs 10 in Plainview). Since 2019, Plainview's population has grown faster (-9.1% vs -64.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Rock	Plainview
Population	12	10
Median age	62.1 yrs	—
Housing units	10	10
Homeownership rate	30.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Rock	Plainview
Population	34 → 12 (-64.7%)	11 → 10 (-9.1%)

Big Rock

Population

3412

Plainview

Population

1110

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Rock	Plainview
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	41.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	58.3%	100.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Rock	Plainview
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Rock	Plainview
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	83.3%	100.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Rock	Plainview
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Rock	Plainview
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Rock	Plainview
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.20	—