Holy Cross vs Rickardsville

A side-by-side comparison of Holy Cross and Rickardsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Both have a population of 264. Rickardsville has the higher median household income ($96,111 vs $47,188 in Holy Cross). Rickardsville has the higher median home value ($244,100 vs $184,400 in Holy Cross).

Population, income & housing

	Holy Cross	Rickardsville
Population	264	264
Median age	48.7 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,188	$96,111
Median home value	$184,400	$244,100
Median gross rent	$334	—
Housing units	141	100
Homeownership rate	70.6%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holy Cross	Rickardsville
Population	361 → 264 (-26.9%)	187 → 264 (+41.2%)
Median household income	$67,083 → $47,188 (-29.7%)	$81,875 → $96,111 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$131,900 → $184,400 (+39.8%)	$181,900 → $244,100 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$363 → $334 (-8.0%)	—

Holy Cross

Population

361264

Median household income

$67,083$47,188

Median home value

$131,900$184,400

Median gross rent

$363$334

Rickardsville

Population

187264

Median household income

$81,875$96,111

Median home value

$181,900$244,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holy Cross	Rickardsville
Under 5	6.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	8.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.2%
25 to 34	17.0%	17.4%
35 to 44	6.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	6.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	17.8%
65 to 74	15.5%	11.7%
75 and over	11.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holy Cross	Rickardsville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holy Cross	Rickardsville
No high school diploma	4.4%	2.2%
High school graduate	38.3%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holy Cross	Rickardsville
Drove alone	82.4%	72.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	1.3%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	16.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holy Cross	Rickardsville
1-unit, detached	76.6%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Holy Cross	Rickardsville
Poverty rate	3.0%	2.7%
Average household size	1.94	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	34	19
Median year structure built	1967	1974