Delmar vs Wheatland

A side-by-side comparison of Delmar and Wheatland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wheatland has the higher population (921 vs 417 in Delmar). Delmar has the higher median household income ($74,583 vs $36,071 in Wheatland). Delmar has the higher median home value ($123,400 vs $119,200 in Wheatland).

Population, income & housing

	Delmar	Wheatland
Population	417	921
Median age	39.9 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,583	$36,071
Median home value	$123,400	$119,200
Median gross rent	—	$803
Housing units	182	389
Homeownership rate	94.3%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delmar	Wheatland
Population	514 → 417 (-18.9%)	715 → 921 (+28.8%)
Median household income	$64,464 → $74,583 (+15.7%)	$53,125 → $36,071 (-32.1%)
Median home value	$89,400 → $123,400 (+38.0%)	$96,500 → $119,200 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $900 (+7.7%)	$739 → $803 (+8.7%)

Delmar

Population

514417

Median household income

$64,464$74,583

Median home value

$89,400$123,400

Median gross rent

$836$900

Wheatland

Population

715921

Median household income

$53,125$36,071

Median home value

$96,500$119,200

Median gross rent

$739$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delmar	Wheatland
Under 5	6.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.1%	37.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	17.9%
45 to 54	5.5%	8.4%
55 to 64	17.7%	4.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	4.9%
75 and over	7.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delmar	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	92.2%
Black or African American	4.1%	1.3%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delmar	Wheatland
No high school diploma	6.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	33.0%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delmar	Wheatland
Drove alone	82.8%	86.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delmar	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	98.9%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Delmar	Wheatland
Poverty rate	2.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1950	1946