New Liberty vs Plainview

A side-by-side comparison of New Liberty and Plainview: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Liberty has the higher population (154 vs 10 in Plainview). Since 2019, New Liberty's population has grown faster (+42.6% vs -9.1%).

Population, income & housing

	New Liberty	Plainview
Population	154	10
Median age	34.8 yrs	—
Median household income	$87,857	—
Median home value	$129,500	—
Median gross rent	$1,375	—
Housing units	65	10
Homeownership rate	70.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Liberty	Plainview
Population	108 → 154 (+42.6%)	11 → 10 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$51,750 → $87,857 (+69.8%)	—
Median home value	$88,600 → $129,500 (+46.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$525 → $1,375 (+161.9%)	—

New Liberty

Population

108154

Median household income

$51,750$87,857

Median home value

$88,600$129,500

Median gross rent

$525$1,375

Plainview

Population

1110

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Liberty	Plainview
Under 5	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	22.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	100.0%
65 to 74	3.9%	0.0%
75 and over	1.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Liberty	Plainview
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	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	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Liberty	Plainview
No high school diploma	5.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	45.6%	100.0%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Liberty	Plainview
Drove alone	67.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	14.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Liberty	Plainview
1-unit, detached	84.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Liberty	Plainview
Poverty rate	15.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.85	—
Mean commute (minutes)	38	—
Median year structure built	1944	—