Cascade vs Worthington

A side-by-side comparison of Cascade and Worthington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cascade has the higher population (2,565 vs 401 in Worthington). Worthington has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $69,861 in Cascade). Cascade has the higher median home value ($196,100 vs $150,500 in Worthington).

Population, income & housing

	Cascade	Worthington
Population	2,565	401
Median age	30.4 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,861	$81,875
Median home value	$196,100	$150,500
Median gross rent	$822	$575
Housing units	973	181
Homeownership rate	68.7%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascade	Worthington
Population	2,113 → 2,565 (+21.4%)	449 → 401 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$53,508 → $69,861 (+30.6%)	$62,813 → $81,875 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$147,000 → $196,100 (+33.4%)	$118,400 → $150,500 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $822 (+8.9%)	$625 → $575 (-8.0%)

Cascade

Population

2,1132,565

Median household income

$53,508$69,861

Median home value

$147,000$196,100

Median gross rent

$755$822

Worthington

Population

449401

Median household income

$62,813$81,875

Median home value

$118,400$150,500

Median gross rent

$625$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cascade	Worthington
Under 5	13.5%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	20.6%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	6.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	13.2%
75 and over	7.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascade	Worthington
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	99.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascade	Worthington
No high school diploma	5.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	32.1%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascade	Worthington
Drove alone	75.8%	87.8%
Carpooled	13.4%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascade	Worthington
1-unit, detached	74.3%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Cascade	Worthington
Poverty rate	10.6%	4.7%
Average household size	2.57	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1976	1953