Manly vs Northwood

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

Manly 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 1,288 in Manly). Manly has the higher median household income ($67,083 vs $64,615 in Northwood). Northwood has the higher median home value ($124,800 vs $110,900 in Manly).

Population, income & housing

	Manly	Northwood
Population	1,288	2,170
Median age	41.0 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,083	$64,615
Median home value	$110,900	$124,800
Median gross rent	$701	$583
Housing units	575	961
Homeownership rate	66.1%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manly	Northwood
Population	1,396 → 1,288 (-7.7%)	2,297 → 2,170 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$58,250 → $67,083 (+15.2%)	$52,600 → $64,615 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$84,000 → $110,900 (+32.0%)	$97,600 → $124,800 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $701 (+28.2%)	$680 → $583 (-14.3%)

Manly

Population

1,3961,288

Median household income

$58,250$67,083

Median home value

$84,000$110,900

Median gross rent

$547$701

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)

	Manly	Northwood
Under 5	5.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	19.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	16.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	16.0%
65 to 74	6.8%	11.2%
75 and over	8.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manly	Northwood
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	94.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	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	5.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manly	Northwood
No high school diploma	3.7%	3.8%
High school graduate	43.3%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manly	Northwood
Drove alone	84.6%	77.7%
Carpooled	8.5%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.9%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manly	Northwood
1-unit, detached	77.2%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Manly	Northwood
Poverty rate	9.1%	5.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1954	1952