Hanlontown vs Northwood

A side-by-side comparison of Hanlontown and Northwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Northwood has the higher population (2,170 vs 243 in Hanlontown). Hanlontown has the higher median household income ($70,729 vs $64,615 in Northwood). Northwood has the higher median home value ($124,800 vs $107,100 in Hanlontown).

Population, income & housing

	Hanlontown	Northwood
Population	243	2,170
Median age	44.2 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,729	$64,615
Median home value	$107,100	$124,800
Median gross rent	$781	$583
Housing units	115	961
Homeownership rate	73.9%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanlontown	Northwood
Population	182 → 243 (+33.5%)	2,297 → 2,170 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$72,857 → $70,729 (-2.9%)	$52,600 → $64,615 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$91,700 → $107,100 (+16.8%)	$97,600 → $124,800 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $781 (+43.3%)	$680 → $583 (-14.3%)

Hanlontown

Population

182243

Median household income

$72,857$70,729

Median home value

$91,700$107,100

Median gross rent

$545$781

Northwood

Population

2,2972,170

Median household income

$52,600$64,615

Median home value

$97,600$124,800

Median gross rent

$680$583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hanlontown	Northwood
Under 5	4.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.9%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	6.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	7.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	23.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.2%
75 and over	9.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanlontown	Northwood
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanlontown	Northwood
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.8%
High school graduate	36.7%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanlontown	Northwood
Drove alone	73.0%	77.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hanlontown	Northwood
1-unit, detached	97.4%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Hanlontown	Northwood
Poverty rate	2.5%	5.2%
Average household size	2.19	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1938	1952