Readlyn vs Tripoli

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

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

Tripoli has the higher population (1,256 vs 764 in Readlyn). Readlyn has the higher median household income ($83,393 vs $75,988 in Tripoli). Readlyn has the higher median home value ($164,600 vs $116,200 in Tripoli).

Population, income & housing

	Readlyn	Tripoli
Population	764	1,256
Median age	36.5 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,393	$75,988
Median home value	$164,600	$116,200
Median gross rent	$588	$888
Housing units	309	569
Homeownership rate	81.7%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Readlyn	Tripoli
Population	780 → 764 (-2.1%)	1,302 → 1,256 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$69,750 → $83,393 (+19.6%)	$57,386 → $75,988 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$130,400 → $164,600 (+26.2%)	$91,200 → $116,200 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $588 (+12.6%)	$555 → $888 (+60.0%)

Readlyn

Population

780764

Median household income

$69,750$83,393

Median home value

$130,400$164,600

Median gross rent

$522$588

Tripoli

Population

1,3021,256

Median household income

$57,386$75,988

Median home value

$91,200$116,200

Median gross rent

$555$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Readlyn	Tripoli
Under 5	5.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	24.6%	14.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	11.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	17.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.3%
75 and over	7.1%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Readlyn	Tripoli
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.8%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Readlyn	Tripoli
No high school diploma	3.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	37.1%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Readlyn	Tripoli
Drove alone	78.2%	82.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.3%	8.5%
Other means	0.5%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Readlyn	Tripoli
1-unit, detached	83.2%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Readlyn	Tripoli
Poverty rate	6.7%	2.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1958	1957