Urbana vs Walford

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

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

Urbana has the higher population (1,628 vs 1,318 in Walford). Walford has the higher median household income ($116,477 vs $112,672 in Urbana). Walford has the higher median home value ($274,500 vs $224,100 in Urbana).

Population, income & housing

	Urbana	Walford
Population	1,628	1,318
Median age	31.3 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$112,672	$116,477
Median home value	$224,100	$274,500
Median gross rent	$776	—
Housing units	572	477
Homeownership rate	93.3%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Urbana	Walford
Population	1,517 → 1,628 (+7.3%)	1,385 → 1,318 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$88,333 → $112,672 (+27.6%)	$107,045 → $116,477 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $224,100 (+47.8%)	$215,000 → $274,500 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $776 (+21.8%)	$639 → $842 (+31.8%)

Urbana

Population

1,5171,628

Median household income

$88,333$112,672

Median home value

$151,600$224,100

Median gross rent

$637$776

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)

	Urbana	Walford
Under 5	10.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	21.3%	22.3%
18 to 24	10.0%	10.7%
25 to 34	14.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	15.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.2%
55 to 64	6.9%	15.5%
65 to 74	6.1%	6.4%
75 and over	3.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Urbana	Walford
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Urbana	Walford
No high school diploma	3.5%	3.2%
High school graduate	29.9%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Urbana	Walford
Drove alone	84.5%	88.8%
Carpooled	2.9%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	8.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Urbana	Walford
1-unit, detached	91.1%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Urbana	Walford
Poverty rate	8.9%	1.4%
Average household size	3.05	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1994	1994