Gravity vs New Market

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

Gravity 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 171 in Gravity). New Market has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $51,071 in Gravity). New Market has the higher median home value ($92,000 vs $48,600 in Gravity).

Population, income & housing

	Gravity	New Market
Population	171	407
Median age	43.3 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,071	$58,125
Median home value	$48,600	$92,000
Median gross rent	$800	$827
Housing units	97	229
Homeownership rate	73.0%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gravity	New Market
Population	146 → 171 (+17.1%)	469 → 407 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$37,000 → $51,071 (+38.0%)	$48,523 → $58,125 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$30,000 → $48,600 (+62.0%)	$65,600 → $92,000 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$610 → $800 (+31.1%)	$515 → $827 (+60.6%)

Gravity

Population

146171

Median household income

$37,000$51,071

Median home value

$30,000$48,600

Median gross rent

$610$800

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)

	Gravity	New Market
Under 5	2.3%	2.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.8%	16.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	8.1%
45 to 54	7.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	21.6%	17.4%
65 to 74	14.0%	13.5%
75 and over	4.7%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gravity	New Market
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gravity	New Market
No high school diploma	14.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	45.5%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gravity	New Market
Drove alone	72.9%	76.0%
Carpooled	20.8%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gravity	New Market
1-unit, detached	94.8%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Gravity	New Market
Poverty rate	12.9%	13.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1938	1946