Ricketts vs Westside

A side-by-side comparison of Ricketts and Westside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Westside has the higher population (307 vs 58 in Ricketts). Westside has the higher median home value ($133,800 vs $52,000 in Ricketts). Since 2019, Westside's population has grown faster (+14.1% vs -50.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Ricketts	Westside
Population	58	307
Median age	63.3 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$65,000
Median home value	$52,000	$133,800
Median gross rent	$706	$700
Housing units	57	163
Homeownership rate	63.6%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ricketts	Westside
Population	118 → 58 (-50.8%)	269 → 307 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $31,250 (-20.6%)	$50,938 → $65,000 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$32,900 → $52,000 (+58.1%)	$89,300 → $133,800 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $706 (+0.9%)	$563 → $700 (+24.3%)

Ricketts

Population

11858

Median household income

$39,375$31,250

Median home value

$32,900$52,000

Median gross rent

$700$706

Westside

Population

269307

Median household income

$50,938$65,000

Median home value

$89,300$133,800

Median gross rent

$563$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ricketts	Westside
Under 5	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	9.8%
18 to 24	24.1%	5.9%
25 to 34	5.2%	8.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.6%
55 to 64	24.1%	9.1%
65 to 74	17.2%	19.9%
75 and over	29.3%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ricketts	Westside
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	88.6%
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	0.0%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ricketts	Westside
No high school diploma	9.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	59.1%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ricketts	Westside
Drove alone	100.0%	88.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ricketts	Westside
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Ricketts	Westside
Poverty rate	13.8%	2.6%
Average household size	1.32	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1938	1942