Breda vs Willey

A side-by-side comparison of Breda and Willey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Breda has the higher population (436 vs 113 in Willey). Willey has the higher median household income ($100,417 vs $59,469 in Breda). Willey has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $133,600 in Breda).

Population, income & housing

	Breda	Willey
Population	436	113
Median age	36.0 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,469	$100,417
Median home value	$133,600	$156,300
Median gross rent	$806	—
Housing units	234	37
Homeownership rate	66.5%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Breda	Willey
Population	440 → 436 (-0.9%)	123 → 113 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$65,000 → $59,469 (-8.5%)	$88,750 → $100,417 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$122,400 → $133,600 (+9.2%)	$137,500 → $156,300 (+13.7%)
Median gross rent	$552 → $806 (+46.0%)	—

Breda

Population

440436

Median household income

$65,000$59,469

Median home value

$122,400$133,600

Median gross rent

$552$806

Willey

Population

123113

Median household income

$88,750$100,417

Median home value

$137,500$156,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Breda	Willey
Under 5	5.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.4%	25.7%
18 to 24	18.1%	11.5%
25 to 34	12.8%	6.2%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	6.0%	1.8%
55 to 64	18.6%	22.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.8%
75 and over	6.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Breda	Willey
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Breda	Willey
No high school diploma	4.6%	7.7%
High school graduate	32.7%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Breda	Willey
Drove alone	90.8%	84.7%
Carpooled	3.3%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Breda	Willey
1-unit, detached	89.3%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Breda	Willey
Poverty rate	3.9%	11.5%
Average household size	2.03	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1957	1938