Janesville vs Readlyn

A side-by-side comparison of Janesville and Readlyn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Janesville has the higher population (1,012 vs 764 in Readlyn). Janesville has the higher median household income ($84,231 vs $83,393 in Readlyn). Janesville has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $164,600 in Readlyn).

Population, income & housing

	Janesville	Readlyn
Population	1,012	764
Median age	44.7 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,231	$83,393
Median home value	$214,700	$164,600
Median gross rent	$625	$588
Housing units	456	309
Homeownership rate	90.5%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Janesville	Readlyn
Population	981 → 1,012 (+3.2%)	780 → 764 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $84,231 (+32.1%)	$69,750 → $83,393 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$167,200 → $214,700 (+28.4%)	$130,400 → $164,600 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $625 (+0.0%)	$522 → $588 (+12.6%)

Janesville

Population

9811,012

Median household income

$63,750$84,231

Median home value

$167,200$214,700

Median gross rent

$625$625

Readlyn

Population

780764

Median household income

$69,750$83,393

Median home value

$130,400$164,600

Median gross rent

$522$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Janesville	Readlyn
Under 5	7.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.0%	24.6%
18 to 24	4.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	20.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	7.6%
75 and over	4.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Janesville	Readlyn
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Janesville	Readlyn
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.7%
High school graduate	27.4%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Janesville	Readlyn
Drove alone	80.0%	78.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.2%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Janesville	Readlyn
1-unit, detached	86.6%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Janesville	Readlyn
Poverty rate	5.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1973	1958