Readlyn vs Sumner

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

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

Sumner has the higher population (2,159 vs 764 in Readlyn). Readlyn has the higher median household income ($83,393 vs $56,174 in Sumner). Readlyn has the higher median home value ($164,600 vs $111,900 in Sumner).

Population, income & housing

	Readlyn	Sumner
Population	764	2,159
Median age	36.5 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,393	$56,174
Median home value	$164,600	$111,900
Median gross rent	$588	$598
Housing units	309	1,020
Homeownership rate	81.7%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Readlyn	Sumner
Population	780 → 764 (-2.1%)	2,175 → 2,159 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$69,750 → $83,393 (+19.6%)	$64,018 → $56,174 (-12.3%)
Median home value	$130,400 → $164,600 (+26.2%)	$88,000 → $111,900 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $588 (+12.6%)	$644 → $598 (-7.1%)

Readlyn

Population

780764

Median household income

$69,750$83,393

Median home value

$130,400$164,600

Median gross rent

$522$588

Sumner

Population

2,1752,159

Median household income

$64,018$56,174

Median home value

$88,000$111,900

Median gross rent

$644$598

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Readlyn	Sumner
Under 5	5.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	24.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	7.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	16.3%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.5%
75 and over	7.1%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Readlyn	Sumner
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Readlyn	Sumner
No high school diploma	3.7%	4.5%
High school graduate	37.1%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Readlyn	Sumner
Drove alone	78.2%	85.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	6.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Readlyn	Sumner
1-unit, detached	83.2%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Readlyn	Sumner
Poverty rate	6.7%	11.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1958	1946