Lidderdale vs Ralston

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

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

Lidderdale has the higher population (191 vs 66 in Ralston). Ralston has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $60,000 in Lidderdale). Lidderdale has the higher median home value ($119,700 vs $86,700 in Ralston).

Population, income & housing

	Lidderdale	Ralston
Population	191	66
Median age	50.5 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	$67,500
Median home value	$119,700	$86,700
Median gross rent	$533	—
Housing units	87	31
Homeownership rate	85.4%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lidderdale	Ralston
Population	184 → 191 (+3.8%)	64 → 66 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $60,000 (+11.6%)	$63,750 → $67,500 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $119,700 (+47.8%)	$54,300 → $86,700 (+59.7%)
Median gross rent	$367 → $533 (+45.2%)	—

Lidderdale

Population

184191

Median household income

$53,750$60,000

Median home value

$81,000$119,700

Median gross rent

$367$533

Ralston

Population

6466

Median household income

$63,750$67,500

Median home value

$54,300$86,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lidderdale	Ralston
Under 5	4.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	13.6%
35 to 44	8.9%	9.1%
45 to 54	6.8%	9.1%
55 to 64	25.1%	9.1%
65 to 74	13.6%	19.7%
75 and over	9.4%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lidderdale	Ralston
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	92.4%
Black or African American	6.3%	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	2.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lidderdale	Ralston
No high school diploma	7.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	56.0%	57.4%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lidderdale	Ralston
Drove alone	62.7%	81.5%
Carpooled	15.7%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	3.7%
Other means	7.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lidderdale	Ralston
1-unit, detached	90.8%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Lidderdale	Ralston
Poverty rate	12.6%	21.2%
Average household size	2.33	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1949	1944