Blockton vs New Market

A side-by-side comparison of Blockton and New Market: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Market has the higher population (407 vs 137 in Blockton). Blockton has the higher median household income ($77,917 vs $58,125 in New Market). Since 2019, Blockton's population has grown faster (+3.0% vs -13.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Blockton	New Market
Population	137	407
Median age	49.1 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,917	$58,125
Median home value	—	$92,000
Median gross rent	$729	$827
Housing units	99	229
Homeownership rate	55.1%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blockton	New Market
Population	133 → 137 (+3.0%)	469 → 407 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$35,833 → $77,917 (+117.4%)	$48,523 → $58,125 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$22,500 → $32,900 (+46.2%)	$65,600 → $92,000 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$467 → $729 (+56.1%)	$515 → $827 (+60.6%)

Blockton

Population

133137

Median household income

$35,833$77,917

Median home value

$22,500$32,900

Median gross rent

$467$729

New Market

Population

469407

Median household income

$48,523$58,125

Median home value

$65,600$92,000

Median gross rent

$515$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blockton	New Market
Under 5	7.3%	2.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.8%	16.0%
35 to 44	6.6%	8.1%
45 to 54	24.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.2%	17.4%
65 to 74	13.1%	13.5%
75 and over	5.8%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blockton	New Market
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	91.9%
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	9.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blockton	New Market
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.0%
High school graduate	33.0%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	51.1%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blockton	New Market
Drove alone	85.4%	76.0%
Carpooled	11.0%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.6%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blockton	New Market
1-unit, detached	88.9%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Blockton	New Market
Poverty rate	3.6%	13.8%
Average household size	1.76	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	33	18
Median year structure built	1951	1946