Belle Plaine vs Walford

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Plaine and Walford: population, income, housing, and more.

Belle Plaine and Walford are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belle Plaine has the higher population (2,412 vs 1,318 in Walford). Walford has the higher median household income ($116,477 vs $70,517 in Belle Plaine). Walford has the higher median home value ($274,500 vs $111,600 in Belle Plaine).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Plaine	Walford
Population	2,412	1,318
Median age	45.1 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,517	$116,477
Median home value	$111,600	$274,500
Median gross rent	$796	—
Housing units	1,193	477
Homeownership rate	77.2%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Plaine	Walford
Population	2,477 → 2,412 (-2.6%)	1,385 → 1,318 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$49,471 → $70,517 (+42.5%)	$107,045 → $116,477 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $111,600 (+34.8%)	$215,000 → $274,500 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $796 (+48.8%)	$639 → $842 (+31.8%)

Belle Plaine

Population

2,4772,412

Median household income

$49,471$70,517

Median home value

$82,800$111,600

Median gross rent

$535$796

Walford

Population

1,3851,318

Median household income

$107,045$116,477

Median home value

$215,000$274,500

Median gross rent

$639$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Plaine	Walford
Under 5	6.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	10.9%	22.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	9.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.2%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	6.4%
75 and over	8.9%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Plaine	Walford
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Plaine	Walford
No high school diploma	5.8%	3.2%
High school graduate	38.8%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Plaine	Walford
Drove alone	86.5%	88.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	8.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Plaine	Walford
1-unit, detached	84.7%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Belle Plaine	Walford
Poverty rate	6.1%	1.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1952	1994