Van Horne vs Walford

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

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

Walford has the higher population (1,318 vs 653 in Van Horne). Walford has the higher median household income ($116,477 vs $77,708 in Van Horne). Walford has the higher median home value ($274,500 vs $169,000 in Van Horne).

Population, income & housing

	Van Horne	Walford
Population	653	1,318
Median age	36.3 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,708	$116,477
Median home value	$169,000	$274,500
Median gross rent	$917	—
Housing units	270	477
Homeownership rate	79.9%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Van Horne	Walford
Population	926 → 653 (-29.5%)	1,385 → 1,318 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$69,559 → $77,708 (+11.7%)	$107,045 → $116,477 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$129,200 → $169,000 (+30.8%)	$215,000 → $274,500 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $917 (+45.6%)	$639 → $842 (+31.8%)

Van Horne

Population

926653

Median household income

$69,559$77,708

Median home value

$129,200$169,000

Median gross rent

$630$917

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)

	Van Horne	Walford
Under 5	8.1%	3.3%
5 to 17	17.6%	22.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	10.7%
25 to 34	18.5%	9.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	15.2%
55 to 64	8.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	6.4%
75 and over	6.6%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Van Horne	Walford
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Van Horne	Walford
No high school diploma	3.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	36.2%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Van Horne	Walford
Drove alone	84.5%	88.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Van Horne	Walford
1-unit, detached	90.7%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Van Horne	Walford
Poverty rate	15.8%	1.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1957	1994