Redfield vs Van Meter

A side-by-side comparison of Redfield and Van Meter: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Van Meter has the higher population (1,469 vs 782 in Redfield). Van Meter has the higher median household income ($133,750 vs $81,328 in Redfield). Van Meter has the higher median home value ($250,300 vs $130,100 in Redfield).

Population, income & housing

	Redfield	Van Meter
Population	782	1,469
Median age	32.3 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,328	$133,750
Median home value	$130,100	$250,300
Median gross rent	$781	$947
Housing units	331	469
Homeownership rate	81.5%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Redfield	Van Meter
Population	622 → 782 (+25.7%)	1,239 → 1,469 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $81,328 (+51.3%)	$94,375 → $133,750 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $130,100 (+34.0%)	$169,300 → $250,300 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $781 (-10.7%)	$778 → $947 (+21.7%)

Redfield

Population

622782

Median household income

$53,750$81,328

Median home value

$97,100$130,100

Median gross rent

$875$781

Van Meter

Population

1,2391,469

Median household income

$94,375$133,750

Median home value

$169,300$250,300

Median gross rent

$778$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Redfield	Van Meter
Under 5	6.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	23.1%	26.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	15.9%	9.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	18.8%
45 to 54	7.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.9%
75 and over	6.6%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Redfield	Van Meter
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Redfield	Van Meter
No high school diploma	6.2%	1.3%
High school graduate	39.8%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Redfield	Van Meter
Drove alone	82.2%	80.6%
Carpooled	7.1%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.3%	17.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Redfield	Van Meter
1-unit, detached	94.6%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Redfield	Van Meter
Poverty rate	7.2%	3.2%
Average household size	2.63	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	32	21
Median year structure built	1944	1978