Terril vs Wahpeton

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

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

Wahpeton has the higher population (436 vs 357 in Terril). Wahpeton has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $42,917 in Terril). Wahpeton has the higher median home value ($463,300 vs $95,400 in Terril).

Population, income & housing

	Terril	Wahpeton
Population	357	436
Median age	44.9 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,917	$86,667
Median home value	$95,400	$463,300
Median gross rent	$1,036	—
Housing units	219	754
Homeownership rate	80.7%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	57.7%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Terril	Wahpeton
Population	454 → 357 (-21.4%)	396 → 436 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$37,917 → $42,917 (+13.2%)	$79,250 → $86,667 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$56,300 → $95,400 (+69.4%)	$350,000 → $463,300 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $1,036 (+23.0%)	$1,458 → $713 (-51.1%)

Terril

Population

454357

Median household income

$37,917$42,917

Median home value

$56,300$95,400

Median gross rent

$842$1,036

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)

	Terril	Wahpeton
Under 5	10.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	9.8%	13.8%
18 to 24	3.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	15.4%	7.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	18.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	12.9%	20.2%
75 and over	4.5%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Terril	Wahpeton
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Terril	Wahpeton
No high school diploma	4.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	41.5%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Terril	Wahpeton
Drove alone	75.0%	58.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	10.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	16.8%
Other means	7.4%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Terril	Wahpeton
1-unit, detached	95.9%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	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

	Terril	Wahpeton
Poverty rate	13.2%	5.3%
Average household size	1.77	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	27	15
Median year structure built	1941	1975