Iowa Colony vs Pearland

A side-by-side comparison of Iowa Colony and Pearland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pearland has the higher population (125,983 vs 11,028 in Iowa Colony). Iowa Colony has the higher median household income ($126,167 vs $112,470 in Pearland). Iowa Colony has the higher median home value ($356,300 vs $330,900 in Pearland).

Population, income & housing

	Iowa Colony	Pearland
Population	11,028	125,983
Median age	34.5 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$126,167	$112,470
Median home value	$356,300	$330,900
Median gross rent	$2,188	$1,759
Housing units	4,144	46,105
Homeownership rate	97.9%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iowa Colony	Pearland
Population	1,811 → 11,028 (+508.9%)	122,078 → 125,983 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$105,688 → $126,167 (+19.4%)	$104,504 → $112,470 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$282,200 → $356,300 (+26.3%)	$244,800 → $330,900 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $2,188 (+152.4%)	$1,413 → $1,759 (+24.5%)

Iowa Colony

Population

1,81111,028

Median household income

$105,688$126,167

Median home value

$282,200$356,300

Median gross rent

$867$2,188

Pearland

Population

122,078125,983

Median household income

$104,504$112,470

Median home value

$244,800$330,900

Median gross rent

$1,413$1,759

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iowa Colony	Pearland
Under 5	7.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	22.0%	20.7%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	19.0%	16.3%
45 to 54	16.4%	14.0%
55 to 64	7.2%	10.1%
65 to 74	4.5%	7.3%
75 and over	1.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iowa Colony	Pearland
White (non-Hispanic)	24.8%	36.8%
Black or African American	42.4%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.2%	16.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	22.5%	25.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iowa Colony	Pearland
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	19.0%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iowa Colony	Pearland
Drove alone	75.4%	79.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	11.9%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iowa Colony	Pearland
1-unit, detached	94.8%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Iowa Colony	Pearland
Poverty rate	5.6%	4.2%
Average household size	3.03	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	38	34
Median year structure built	2014	2003