Van Meter vs Woodward

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

Van Meter and Woodward 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 1,002 in Woodward). Van Meter has the higher median household income ($133,750 vs $68,571 in Woodward). Van Meter has the higher median home value ($250,300 vs $179,500 in Woodward).

Population, income & housing

	Van Meter	Woodward
Population	1,469	1,002
Median age	35.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$133,750	$68,571
Median home value	$250,300	$179,500
Median gross rent	$947	$484
Housing units	469	377
Homeownership rate	92.0%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Van Meter	Woodward
Population	1,239 → 1,469 (+18.6%)	1,243 → 1,002 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$94,375 → $133,750 (+41.7%)	$64,118 → $68,571 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$169,300 → $250,300 (+47.8%)	$137,500 → $179,500 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $947 (+21.7%)	$763 → $484 (-36.6%)

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

Woodward

Population

1,2431,002

Median household income

$64,118$68,571

Median home value

$137,500$179,500

Median gross rent

$763$484

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Van Meter	Woodward
Under 5	7.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	26.5%	19.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.4%	9.4%
35 to 44	18.8%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	15.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.6%
75 and over	3.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Van Meter	Woodward
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	94.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Van Meter	Woodward
No high school diploma	1.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	26.8%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Van Meter	Woodward
Drove alone	80.6%	77.8%
Carpooled	1.7%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	9.0%
Walked	0.3%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Van Meter	Woodward
1-unit, detached	88.3%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Van Meter	Woodward
Poverty rate	3.2%	10.3%
Average household size	3.19	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1978	1958