Iowa vs Moss Bluff

A side-by-side comparison of Iowa and Moss Bluff: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moss Bluff has the higher population (11,451 vs 3,246 in Iowa). Moss Bluff has the higher median household income ($85,984 vs $72,868 in Iowa). Iowa has the higher median home value ($243,200 vs $242,300 in Moss Bluff).

Population, income & housing

	Iowa	Moss Bluff
Population	3,246	11,451
Median age	37.4 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,868	$85,984
Median home value	$243,200	$242,300
Median gross rent	$1,070	$1,303
Housing units	1,502	5,490
Homeownership rate	76.6%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iowa	Moss Bluff
Population	3,225 → 3,246 (+0.7%)	11,055 → 11,451 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$43,942 → $72,868 (+65.8%)	$54,788 → $85,984 (+56.9%)
Median home value	$136,800 → $243,200 (+77.8%)	$189,600 → $242,300 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$827 → $1,070 (+29.4%)	$856 → $1,303 (+52.2%)

Iowa

Population

3,2253,246

Median household income

$43,942$72,868

Median home value

$136,800$243,200

Median gross rent

$827$1,070

Moss Bluff

Population

11,05511,451

Median household income

$54,788$85,984

Median home value

$189,600$242,300

Median gross rent

$856$1,303

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iowa	Moss Bluff
Under 5	4.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	22.3%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	7.3%	13.9%
75 and over	11.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iowa	Moss Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	83.1%
Black or African American	22.7%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iowa	Moss Bluff
No high school diploma	8.8%	7.6%
High school graduate	41.4%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iowa	Moss Bluff
Drove alone	66.8%	84.9%
Carpooled	26.2%	8.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iowa	Moss Bluff
1-unit, detached	80.6%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Iowa	Moss Bluff
Poverty rate	11.1%	12.3%
Average household size	2.81	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1994	1996