Carlisle vs New Virginia

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

Carlisle and New Virginia 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 513 in New Virginia). Carlisle has the higher median household income ($98,333 vs $75,875 in New Virginia). Carlisle has the higher median home value ($208,100 vs $168,100 in New Virginia).

Population, income & housing

	Carlisle	New Virginia
Population	4,187	513
Median age	37.0 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$98,333	$75,875
Median home value	$208,100	$168,100
Median gross rent	$896	$1,054
Housing units	1,620	185
Homeownership rate	84.5%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlisle	New Virginia
Population	4,162 → 4,187 (+0.6%)	465 → 513 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$73,380 → $98,333 (+34.0%)	$66,429 → $75,875 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$148,900 → $208,100 (+39.8%)	$111,700 → $168,100 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $896 (+15.0%)	$780 → $1,054 (+35.1%)

Carlisle

Population

4,1624,187

Median household income

$73,380$98,333

Median home value

$148,900$208,100

Median gross rent

$779$896

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)

	Carlisle	New Virginia
Under 5	7.5%	7.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	25.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	21.4%
45 to 54	16.6%	6.8%
55 to 64	9.3%	4.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.1%
75 and over	5.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlisle	New Virginia
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlisle	New Virginia
No high school diploma	6.5%	1.4%
High school graduate	33.8%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlisle	New Virginia
Drove alone	77.3%	73.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	13.6%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlisle	New Virginia
1-unit, detached	80.5%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Carlisle	New Virginia
Poverty rate	4.0%	2.7%
Average household size	2.63	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1973	1960