Millerton vs Promise City

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

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

Promise City has the higher population (86 vs 40 in Millerton). Millerton has the higher median household income ($95,000 vs $41,406 in Promise City). Millerton has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $52,800 in Promise City).

Population, income & housing

	Millerton	Promise City
Population	40	86
Median age	44.0 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$95,000	$41,406
Median home value	$125,000	$52,800
Housing units	21	53
Homeownership rate	100.0%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millerton	Promise City
Population	108 → 40 (-63.0%)	78 → 86 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$31,641 → $95,000 (+200.2%)	$20,938 → $41,406 (+97.8%)
Median home value	$105,000 → $125,000 (+19.0%)	$46,700 → $52,800 (+13.1%)

Millerton

Population

10840

Median household income

$31,641$95,000

Median home value

$105,000$125,000

Promise City

Population

7886

Median household income

$20,938$41,406

Median home value

$46,700$52,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Millerton	Promise City
Under 5	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	30.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.3%
35 to 44	20.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	32.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	23.3%
65 to 74	5.0%	9.3%
75 and over	2.5%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millerton	Promise City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Millerton	Promise City
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	25.0%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	53.6%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millerton	Promise City
Drove alone	91.3%	96.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Millerton	Promise City
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Millerton	Promise City
Poverty rate	7.5%	19.8%
Average household size	2.50	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	15	31
Median year structure built	1953	1949