Lineville vs Promise City

A side-by-side comparison of Lineville and Promise City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lineville has the higher population (261 vs 86 in Promise City). Lineville has the higher median household income ($51,375 vs $41,406 in Promise City). Promise City has the higher median home value ($52,800 vs $51,900 in Lineville).

Population, income & housing

	Lineville	Promise City
Population	261	86
Median age	41.2 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,375	$41,406
Median home value	$51,900	$52,800
Median gross rent	$463	—
Housing units	130	53
Homeownership rate	78.2%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lineville	Promise City
Population	259 → 261 (+0.8%)	78 → 86 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$51,042 → $51,375 (+0.7%)	$20,938 → $41,406 (+97.8%)
Median home value	$44,400 → $51,900 (+16.9%)	$46,700 → $52,800 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$486 → $463 (-4.7%)	—

Lineville

Population

259261

Median household income

$51,042$51,375

Median home value

$44,400$51,900

Median gross rent

$486$463

Promise City

Population

7886

Median household income

$20,938$41,406

Median home value

$46,700$52,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lineville	Promise City
Under 5	3.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	21.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	4.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	16.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	19.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	18.8%	23.3%
65 to 74	3.4%	9.3%
75 and over	3.4%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lineville	Promise City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	98.8%
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	10.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lineville	Promise City
No high school diploma	4.8%	13.4%
High school graduate	45.2%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lineville	Promise City
Drove alone	83.1%	96.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lineville	Promise City
1-unit, detached	90.8%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Lineville	Promise City
Poverty rate	21.1%	19.8%
Average household size	2.19	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	50	31
Median year structure built	1968	1949