Halbur vs Ralston

A side-by-side comparison of Halbur and Ralston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Halbur has the higher population (307 vs 66 in Ralston). Halbur has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $67,500 in Ralston). Halbur has the higher median home value ($148,400 vs $86,700 in Ralston).

Population, income & housing

	Halbur	Ralston
Population	307	66
Median age	31.2 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,333	$67,500
Median home value	$148,400	$86,700
Housing units	129	31
Homeownership rate	97.7%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halbur	Ralston
Population	281 → 307 (+9.3%)	64 → 66 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $83,333 (+30.7%)	$63,750 → $67,500 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $148,400 (+68.6%)	$54,300 → $86,700 (+59.7%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $975 (+47.1%)	—

Halbur

Population

281307

Median household income

$63,750$83,333

Median home value

$88,000$148,400

Median gross rent

$663$975

Ralston

Population

6466

Median household income

$63,750$67,500

Median home value

$54,300$86,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Halbur	Ralston
Under 5	3.3%	7.6%
5 to 17	27.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.1%
55 to 64	8.5%	9.1%
65 to 74	6.2%	19.7%
75 and over	5.9%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halbur	Ralston
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	92.4%
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	1.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halbur	Ralston
No high school diploma	2.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.8%	57.4%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halbur	Ralston
Drove alone	90.1%	81.5%
Carpooled	4.9%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	3.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halbur	Ralston
1-unit, detached	97.7%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Halbur	Ralston
Poverty rate	0.7%	21.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1972	1944