Epworth vs Worthington

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

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

Epworth has the higher population (1,991 vs 401 in Worthington). Worthington has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $73,571 in Epworth). Epworth has the higher median home value ($229,200 vs $150,500 in Worthington).

Population, income & housing

	Epworth	Worthington
Population	1,991	401
Median age	32.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,571	$81,875
Median home value	$229,200	$150,500
Median gross rent	$924	$575
Housing units	745	181
Homeownership rate	83.2%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Epworth	Worthington
Population	1,967 → 1,991 (+1.2%)	449 → 401 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$70,238 → $73,571 (+4.7%)	$62,813 → $81,875 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$167,400 → $229,200 (+36.9%)	$118,400 → $150,500 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $924 (+31.3%)	$625 → $575 (-8.0%)

Epworth

Population

1,9671,991

Median household income

$70,238$73,571

Median home value

$167,400$229,200

Median gross rent

$704$924

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)

	Epworth	Worthington
Under 5	5.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	21.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	12.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	8.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	13.2%
75 and over	5.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Epworth	Worthington
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	99.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Epworth	Worthington
No high school diploma	3.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	36.7%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Epworth	Worthington
Drove alone	85.4%	87.8%
Carpooled	3.3%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Epworth	Worthington
1-unit, detached	83.6%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Epworth	Worthington
Poverty rate	3.9%	4.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1980	1953