Martensdale vs Norwalk

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

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

Norwalk has the higher population (13,610 vs 588 in Martensdale). Norwalk has the higher median household income ($94,583 vs $53,750 in Martensdale). Norwalk has the higher median home value ($275,700 vs $176,400 in Martensdale).

Population, income & housing

	Martensdale	Norwalk
Population	588	13,610
Median age	29.0 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$94,583
Median home value	$176,400	$275,700
Median gross rent	$863	$869
Housing units	267	5,541
Homeownership rate	75.8%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martensdale	Norwalk
Population	478 → 588 (+23.0%)	10,978 → 13,610 (+24.0%)
Median household income	$56,667 → $53,750 (-5.1%)	$83,403 → $94,583 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$133,800 → $176,400 (+31.8%)	$202,900 → $275,700 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $863 (+31.2%)	$834 → $869 (+4.2%)

Martensdale

Population

478588

Median household income

$56,667$53,750

Median home value

$133,800$176,400

Median gross rent

$658$863

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)

	Martensdale	Norwalk
Under 5	5.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	21.3%
18 to 24	19.9%	4.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	14.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.1%
75 and over	8.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martensdale	Norwalk
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	94.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martensdale	Norwalk
No high school diploma	6.1%	1.4%
High school graduate	41.0%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martensdale	Norwalk
Drove alone	75.2%	76.9%
Carpooled	5.6%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.2%	16.0%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martensdale	Norwalk
1-unit, detached	82.8%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Martensdale	Norwalk
Poverty rate	11.4%	3.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1970	1999