Indianola vs Norwalk

A side-by-side comparison of Indianola and Norwalk: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Indianola has the higher population (15,918 vs 13,610 in Norwalk). Norwalk has the higher median household income ($94,583 vs $78,125 in Indianola). Norwalk has the higher median home value ($275,700 vs $228,100 in Indianola).

Population, income & housing

	Indianola	Norwalk
Population	15,918	13,610
Median age	35.2 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,125	$94,583
Median home value	$228,100	$275,700
Median gross rent	$966	$869
Housing units	6,460	5,541
Homeownership rate	69.5%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indianola	Norwalk
Population	15,802 → 15,918 (+0.7%)	10,978 → 13,610 (+24.0%)
Median household income	$60,854 → $78,125 (+28.4%)	$83,403 → $94,583 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$163,300 → $228,100 (+39.7%)	$202,900 → $275,700 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $966 (+23.2%)	$834 → $869 (+4.2%)

Indianola

Population

15,80215,918

Median household income

$60,854$78,125

Median home value

$163,300$228,100

Median gross rent

$784$966

Norwalk

Population

10,97813,610

Median household income

$83,403$94,583

Median home value

$202,900$275,700

Median gross rent

$834$869

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indianola	Norwalk
Under 5	6.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.1%	21.3%
18 to 24	13.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	14.7%
45 to 54	9.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	9.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	7.1%
75 and over	8.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indianola	Norwalk
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indianola	Norwalk
No high school diploma	2.8%	1.4%
High school graduate	27.3%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indianola	Norwalk
Drove alone	73.7%	76.9%
Carpooled	7.0%	4.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.6%	16.0%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indianola	Norwalk
1-unit, detached	60.1%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	6.2%
20 or more units	10.7%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Indianola	Norwalk
Poverty rate	7.6%	3.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1980	1999