Rowley vs Winthrop

A side-by-side comparison of Rowley and Winthrop: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Winthrop has the higher population (1,081 vs 354 in Rowley). Winthrop has the higher median household income ($64,904 vs $60,417 in Rowley). Winthrop has the higher median home value ($149,200 vs $135,200 in Rowley).

Population, income & housing

	Rowley	Winthrop
Population	354	1,081
Median age	41.8 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,417	$64,904
Median home value	$135,200	$149,200
Median gross rent	$1,016	$1,000
Housing units	132	409
Homeownership rate	84.9%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rowley	Winthrop
Population	272 → 354 (+30.1%)	926 → 1,081 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$57,083 → $60,417 (+5.8%)	$59,583 → $64,904 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$102,400 → $135,200 (+32.0%)	$103,700 → $149,200 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $1,016 (+93.5%)	$700 → $1,000 (+42.9%)

Rowley

Population

272354

Median household income

$57,083$60,417

Median home value

$102,400$135,200

Median gross rent

$525$1,016

Winthrop

Population

9261,081

Median household income

$59,583$64,904

Median home value

$103,700$149,200

Median gross rent

$700$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rowley	Winthrop
Under 5	3.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.8%	27.1%
18 to 24	19.2%	4.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	7.9%	17.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	8.4%
55 to 64	17.5%	9.8%
65 to 74	14.1%	11.4%
75 and over	4.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rowley	Winthrop
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rowley	Winthrop
No high school diploma	4.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	36.7%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rowley	Winthrop
Drove alone	75.6%	70.0%
Carpooled	3.6%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	4.6%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	13.2%	9.6%
Other means	3.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rowley	Winthrop
1-unit, detached	92.4%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Rowley	Winthrop
Poverty rate	6.3%	3.2%
Average household size	2.81	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1968	1967