Ackworth vs New Virginia

A side-by-side comparison of Ackworth and New Virginia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Virginia has the higher population (513 vs 92 in Ackworth). Ackworth has the higher median household income ($115,625 vs $75,875 in New Virginia). Ackworth has the higher median home value ($400,000 vs $168,100 in New Virginia).

Population, income & housing

	Ackworth	New Virginia
Population	92	513
Median age	38.7 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$115,625	$75,875
Median home value	$400,000	$168,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,054
Housing units	40	185
Homeownership rate	66.7%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ackworth	New Virginia
Population	261 → 92 (-64.8%)	465 → 513 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$73,750 → $115,625 (+56.8%)	$66,429 → $75,875 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$269,400 → $400,000 (+48.5%)	$111,700 → $168,100 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,200 (+40.2%)	$780 → $1,054 (+35.1%)

Ackworth

Population

26192

Median household income

$73,750$115,625

Median home value

$269,400$400,000

Median gross rent

$856$1,200

New Virginia

Population

465513

Median household income

$66,429$75,875

Median home value

$111,700$168,100

Median gross rent

$780$1,054

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ackworth	New Virginia
Under 5	5.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	23.9%	25.9%
18 to 24	3.3%	10.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	28.3%	21.4%
45 to 54	16.3%	6.8%
55 to 64	7.6%	4.5%
65 to 74	1.1%	11.1%
75 and over	14.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ackworth	New Virginia
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	98.1%
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	15.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ackworth	New Virginia
No high school diploma	1.6%	1.4%
High school graduate	24.2%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ackworth	New Virginia
Drove alone	89.8%	73.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	13.6%
Other means	2.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ackworth	New Virginia
1-unit, detached	100.0%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Ackworth	New Virginia
Poverty rate	19.6%	2.7%
Average household size	2.79	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	2003	1960