What is the population of Moravia city?

Moravia city has 587 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #432 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Moravia city?

Median household income in Moravia city is $53,750 a year, 31.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Moravia city?

Median gross rent is $758 a month and the median home value is $113,600, so rent absorbs about 16.9% of median household income.

Is Moravia city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Moravia city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Moravia, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Moravia, Iowa (Moravia, IA — Census place “Moravia city”) is 587 residents, ranking #432 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $53,750, the median home is worth $113,600 and median gross rent runs $758 a month. Looking for the Moravia Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Moravia, IA: 52571.

Population: 587Moravia city residents
Median household income: $53,750Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $113,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $758Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 33.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 76.1%Owner-occupied households

Moravia ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Moravia.

The Moravia IA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

52571

What the numbers mean in Moravia city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Moravia city median would spend about 16.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.8% of residents and 76.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Moravia city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Moravia city is a very small community in Iowa, with 587 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #432 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 57% of them. The median age here is 33.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Moravia city earn a median of $53,750 a year, 31.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 21% below the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 11.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Moravia city is valued at $113,600, 62.6% below the national figure and 27% below the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $758 a month, 46.1% below the national figure, or roughly $9,096 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 76.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

With 587 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Moravia city against its county rather than against national figures.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Moravia city?: Moravia city has 587 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #432 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Moravia city?: Median household income in Moravia city is $53,750 a year, 31.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Moravia city?: Median gross rent is $758 a month and the median home value is $113,600, so rent absorbs about 16.9% of median household income.
Is Moravia city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Moravia city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Moravia city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.