Dedham vs Willey

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

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

Dedham has the higher population (262 vs 113 in Willey). Willey has the higher median household income ($100,417 vs $87,083 in Dedham). Willey has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $132,400 in Dedham).

Population, income & housing

	Dedham	Willey
Population	262	113
Median age	32.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,083	$100,417
Median home value	$132,400	$156,300
Housing units	88	37
Homeownership rate	97.7%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dedham	Willey
Population	261 → 262 (+0.4%)	123 → 113 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $87,083 (+58.3%)	$88,750 → $100,417 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$100,400 → $132,400 (+31.9%)	$137,500 → $156,300 (+13.7%)

Dedham

Population

261262

Median household income

$55,000$87,083

Median home value

$100,400$132,400

Willey

Population

123113

Median household income

$88,750$100,417

Median home value

$137,500$156,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dedham	Willey
Under 5	4.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	26.3%	25.7%
18 to 24	14.5%	11.5%
25 to 34	8.0%	6.2%
35 to 44	16.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.8%	1.8%
55 to 64	8.4%	22.1%
65 to 74	4.6%	8.8%
75 and over	9.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dedham	Willey
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	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	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dedham	Willey
No high school diploma	2.1%	7.7%
High school graduate	46.5%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dedham	Willey
Drove alone	72.0%	84.7%
Carpooled	16.8%	3.4%
Public transit	4.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	11.9%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dedham	Willey
1-unit, detached	97.7%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Dedham	Willey
Poverty rate	17.2%	11.5%
Average household size	2.98	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1962	1938