Ralston vs Willey

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

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

Willey has the higher population (113 vs 66 in Ralston). Willey has the higher median household income ($100,417 vs $67,500 in Ralston). Willey has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $86,700 in Ralston).

Population, income & housing

	Ralston	Willey
Population	66	113
Median age	41.8 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,500	$100,417
Median home value	$86,700	$156,300
Housing units	31	37
Homeownership rate	85.7%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ralston	Willey
Population	64 → 66 (+3.1%)	123 → 113 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $67,500 (+5.9%)	$88,750 → $100,417 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $86,700 (+59.7%)	$137,500 → $156,300 (+13.7%)

Ralston

Population

6466

Median household income

$63,750$67,500

Median home value

$54,300$86,700

Willey

Population

123113

Median household income

$88,750$100,417

Median home value

$137,500$156,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ralston	Willey
Under 5	7.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.2%	25.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	11.5%
25 to 34	13.6%	6.2%
35 to 44	9.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.1%	1.8%
55 to 64	9.1%	22.1%
65 to 74	19.7%	8.8%
75 and over	10.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ralston	Willey
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	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	3.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ralston	Willey
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.7%
High school graduate	57.4%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ralston	Willey
Drove alone	81.5%	84.7%
Carpooled	14.8%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ralston	Willey
1-unit, detached	93.5%	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	6.5%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Ralston	Willey
Poverty rate	21.2%	11.5%
Average household size	2.36	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1944	1938