Nevada vs Story City

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

Nevada and Story City 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 3,363 in Story City). Nevada has the higher median household income ($75,221 vs $73,558 in Story City). Story City has the higher median home value ($205,800 vs $177,800 in Nevada).

Population, income & housing

	Nevada	Story City
Population	6,952	3,363
Median age	39.9 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,221	$73,558
Median home value	$177,800	$205,800
Median gross rent	$884	$956
Housing units	3,253	1,610
Homeownership rate	71.1%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nevada	Story City
Population	6,754 → 6,952 (+2.9%)	3,377 → 3,363 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$58,968 → $75,221 (+27.6%)	$77,656 → $73,558 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$138,700 → $177,800 (+28.2%)	$145,500 → $205,800 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $884 (+36.0%)	$736 → $956 (+29.9%)

Nevada

Population

6,7546,952

Median household income

$58,968$75,221

Median home value

$138,700$177,800

Median gross rent

$650$884

Story City

Population

3,3773,363

Median household income

$77,656$73,558

Median home value

$145,500$205,800

Median gross rent

$736$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nevada	Story City
Under 5	4.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.6%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	3.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	13.9%
75 and over	8.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nevada	Story City
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nevada	Story City
No high school diploma	6.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	25.2%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nevada	Story City
Drove alone	85.3%	91.3%
Carpooled	7.8%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nevada	Story City
1-unit, detached	59.9%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	11.1%
20 or more units	6.8%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Nevada	Story City
Poverty rate	10.3%	13.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1973	1971