Donahue vs Princeton

A side-by-side comparison of Donahue and Princeton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Princeton has the higher population (875 vs 382 in Donahue). Donahue has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $80,714 in Princeton). Princeton has the higher median home value ($257,000 vs $211,900 in Donahue).

Population, income & housing

	Donahue	Princeton
Population	382	875
Median age	38.8 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$103,750	$80,714
Median home value	$211,900	$257,000
Median gross rent	—	$857
Housing units	143	453
Homeownership rate	95.7%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donahue	Princeton
Population	378 → 382 (+1.1%)	1,102 → 875 (-20.6%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $103,750 (+31.7%)	$70,139 → $80,714 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$163,800 → $211,900 (+29.4%)	$179,800 → $257,000 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$750 → $857 (+14.3%)

Donahue

Population

378382

Median household income

$78,750$103,750

Median home value

$163,800$211,900

Princeton

Population

1,102875

Median household income

$70,139$80,714

Median home value

$179,800$257,000

Median gross rent

$750$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donahue	Princeton
Under 5	6.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	23.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	1.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	6.3%
35 to 44	24.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.9%
55 to 64	6.8%	16.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.0%
75 and over	5.2%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donahue	Princeton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	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	2.1%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donahue	Princeton
No high school diploma	6.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	26.4%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	45.3%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donahue	Princeton
Drove alone	84.9%	85.9%
Carpooled	2.6%	8.1%
Public transit	3.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donahue	Princeton
1-unit, detached	97.2%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Donahue	Princeton
Poverty rate	4.7%	5.9%
Average household size	2.71	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1971	1974