Cleghorn vs Washta

A side-by-side comparison of Cleghorn and Washta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cleghorn has the higher population (274 vs 171 in Washta). Washta has the higher median household income ($50,313 vs $48,750 in Cleghorn). Cleghorn has the higher median home value ($84,300 vs $50,500 in Washta).

Population, income & housing

	Cleghorn	Washta
Population	274	171
Median age	51.3 yrs	56.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$50,313
Median home value	$84,300	$50,500
Median gross rent	$675	$575
Housing units	135	128
Homeownership rate	88.1%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	18.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleghorn	Washta
Population	212 → 274 (+29.2%)	164 → 171 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $48,750 (+0.0%)	$43,125 → $50,313 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$71,000 → $84,300 (+18.7%)	$49,500 → $50,500 (+2.0%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $675 (+1.8%)	$425 → $575 (+35.3%)

Cleghorn

Population

212274

Median household income

$48,750$48,750

Median home value

$71,000$84,300

Median gross rent

$663$675

Washta

Population

164171

Median household income

$43,125$50,313

Median home value

$49,500$50,500

Median gross rent

$425$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleghorn	Washta
Under 5	4.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	6.9%	9.9%
18 to 24	12.0%	2.9%
25 to 34	9.9%	4.1%
35 to 44	8.8%	6.4%
45 to 54	15.3%	8.8%
55 to 64	16.8%	32.2%
65 to 74	14.6%	15.8%
75 and over	11.3%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleghorn	Washta
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	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	1.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleghorn	Washta
No high school diploma	11.0%	15.4%
High school graduate	33.8%	52.4%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleghorn	Washta
Drove alone	87.1%	84.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	2.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleghorn	Washta
1-unit, detached	97.8%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Cleghorn	Washta
Poverty rate	14.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.04	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	32	17
Median year structure built	1938	1938