Orleans vs Wahpeton

A side-by-side comparison of Orleans and Wahpeton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Orleans has the higher population (593 vs 436 in Wahpeton). Wahpeton has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $66,058 in Orleans). Wahpeton has the higher median home value ($463,300 vs $448,800 in Orleans).

Population, income & housing

	Orleans	Wahpeton
Population	593	436
Median age	57.7 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,058	$86,667
Median home value	$448,800	$463,300
Median gross rent	$961	—
Housing units	635	754
Homeownership rate	89.3%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	57.7%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orleans	Wahpeton
Population	469 → 593 (+26.4%)	396 → 436 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$66,875 → $66,058 (-1.2%)	$79,250 → $86,667 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$387,500 → $448,800 (+15.8%)	$350,000 → $463,300 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $961 (+3.0%)	$1,458 → $713 (-51.1%)

Orleans

Population

469593

Median household income

$66,875$66,058

Median home value

$387,500$448,800

Median gross rent

$933$961

Wahpeton

Population

396436

Median household income

$79,250$86,667

Median home value

$350,000$463,300

Median gross rent

$1,458$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orleans	Wahpeton
Under 5	1.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	9.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	0.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	7.6%
35 to 44	17.2%	7.3%
45 to 54	5.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	19.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	22.3%	20.2%
75 and over	14.7%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orleans	Wahpeton
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	13.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orleans	Wahpeton
No high school diploma	13.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	24.1%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orleans	Wahpeton
Drove alone	90.6%	58.2%
Carpooled	0.9%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	10.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	16.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orleans	Wahpeton
1-unit, detached	90.7%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Orleans	Wahpeton
Poverty rate	1.9%	5.3%
Average household size	1.98	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1973	1975