MovilleIA
A town of 1,708, settled in 1872.
Is Moville a good place to live?
Moville’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for schools. Only 6 of the 141 Iowa towns we compare have a higher share of children under 18 than Moville. Moville is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns. Moville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Moville stand out
Where Moville beats most towns.
Typical home value
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Moville Elementary School | PK–5 | 283 |
| Woodbury Central Middle School | 6–8 | 111 |
| Woodbury Central High School | 9–12 | 190 |
93% of working residents leave Moville for work
Where Moville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Moville grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Iowa), ordered by how far Moville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Moville: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Moville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Moville.
On state tests, Moville’s schools beat 78% of Iowa districts
Its public schools are run by the Woodbury Central Community School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moville Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 283 | B− |
| Woodbury Central High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 190 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IA on state tests and graduation
Moville ranks healthier than 75% of the country’s towns
Moville beats the Iowa average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 22% of Moville adults binge drink, above both Iowa’s towns (20%) and U.S. towns (16%). 30% of Moville adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Moville | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 20% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.5% | 12% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Moville | IA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.7% | 12% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.1% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Moville’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Moville for work: only 7% work in town. 3.4% of Moville residents live below the poverty line, where Iowa’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. The median household income in Moville is $96,000.
| Moville | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 6.8% | 31% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 19 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Moville has four seasons and pleasant summers
Moville has cold, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 10° and about 36 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More children than Iowa overall
Children under 18 are 30% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 14% of residents (18% statewide). 37% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Moville.
| Moville | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 34.6 years | 38.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 25% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.6 points). Across Iowa, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Moville | IA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.9% | 12.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 15.5% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.2% | 10% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.9% | 12.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.4% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.4% | 11.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.1% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.3% | 10.6% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5% | 6.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.6% | 30% | 26% |
| Some college | 14% | 19.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 18% | 12.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.2% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.2% | 10.5% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
A typical Moville home is worth about $267K
The typical Moville home is worth about $267,000, up 3.2% in a year, 13% above the Iowa typical home. Moville’s median rent is $745 a month.
| Moville | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 80% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $745 a month | $911 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Moville
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 56% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Moville has set aside 0% of its land for conservation
0.1 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Memorial Park | — | 4 |
| 2. Main Street Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Moville
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Moville
About 2 of every 100 Moville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Iowa.
About Moville
City in Iowa, USA
Moville is a city in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States. It is part of the Sioux City, IA–NE–SD Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,687 in the 2020 census, an increase from 1,583 in 2000.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1889
- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,178 ft
- ZIP code
- 51039
- Area code
- 712
Questions about Moville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Moville, IA expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.