Carlisle vs Martensdale

A side-by-side comparison of Carlisle and Martensdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carlisle has the higher population (4,187 vs 588 in Martensdale). Carlisle has the higher median household income ($98,333 vs $53,750 in Martensdale). Carlisle has the higher median home value ($208,100 vs $176,400 in Martensdale).

Population, income & housing

	Carlisle	Martensdale
Population	4,187	588
Median age	37.0 yrs	29.0 yrs
Median household income	$98,333	$53,750
Median home value	$208,100	$176,400
Median gross rent	$896	$863
Housing units	1,620	267
Homeownership rate	84.5%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlisle	Martensdale
Population	4,162 → 4,187 (+0.6%)	478 → 588 (+23.0%)
Median household income	$73,380 → $98,333 (+34.0%)	$56,667 → $53,750 (-5.1%)
Median home value	$148,900 → $208,100 (+39.8%)	$133,800 → $176,400 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $896 (+15.0%)	$658 → $863 (+31.2%)

Carlisle

Population

4,1624,187

Median household income

$73,380$98,333

Median home value

$148,900$208,100

Median gross rent

$779$896

Martensdale

Population

478588

Median household income

$56,667$53,750

Median home value

$133,800$176,400

Median gross rent

$658$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlisle	Martensdale
Under 5	7.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	19.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	16.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	9.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.7%
75 and over	5.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlisle	Martensdale
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlisle	Martensdale
No high school diploma	6.5%	6.1%
High school graduate	33.8%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlisle	Martensdale
Drove alone	77.3%	75.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	14.2%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlisle	Martensdale
1-unit, detached	80.5%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carlisle	Martensdale
Poverty rate	4.0%	11.4%
Average household size	2.63	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1973	1970