Nevada vs Roland

A side-by-side comparison of Nevada and Roland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nevada has the higher population (6,952 vs 1,458 in Roland). Roland has the higher median household income ($84,779 vs $75,221 in Nevada). Nevada has the higher median home value ($177,800 vs $173,100 in Roland).

Population, income & housing

	Nevada	Roland
Population	6,952	1,458
Median age	39.9 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,221	$84,779
Median home value	$177,800	$173,100
Median gross rent	$884	$983
Housing units	3,253	702
Homeownership rate	71.1%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nevada	Roland
Population	6,754 → 6,952 (+2.9%)	1,408 → 1,458 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$58,968 → $75,221 (+27.6%)	$76,413 → $84,779 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$138,700 → $177,800 (+28.2%)	$146,300 → $173,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $884 (+36.0%)	$615 → $983 (+59.8%)

Nevada

Population

6,7546,952

Median household income

$58,968$75,221

Median home value

$138,700$177,800

Median gross rent

$650$884

Roland

Population

1,4081,458

Median household income

$76,413$84,779

Median home value

$146,300$173,100

Median gross rent

$615$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nevada	Roland
Under 5	4.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.6%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.1%
75 and over	8.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nevada	Roland
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nevada	Roland
No high school diploma	6.0%	1.4%
High school graduate	25.2%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nevada	Roland
Drove alone	85.3%	84.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nevada	Roland
1-unit, detached	59.9%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Nevada	Roland
Poverty rate	10.3%	0.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1973	1958