Holy Cross vs Worthington

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

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

Worthington has the higher population (401 vs 264 in Holy Cross). Worthington has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $47,188 in Holy Cross). Holy Cross has the higher median home value ($184,400 vs $150,500 in Worthington).

Population, income & housing

	Holy Cross	Worthington
Population	264	401
Median age	48.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,188	$81,875
Median home value	$184,400	$150,500
Median gross rent	$334	$575
Housing units	141	181
Homeownership rate	70.6%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holy Cross	Worthington
Population	361 → 264 (-26.9%)	449 → 401 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$67,083 → $47,188 (-29.7%)	$62,813 → $81,875 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$131,900 → $184,400 (+39.8%)	$118,400 → $150,500 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$363 → $334 (-8.0%)	$625 → $575 (-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

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)

	Holy Cross	Worthington
Under 5	6.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	8.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	17.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	6.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	15.5%	13.2%
75 and over	11.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holy Cross	Worthington
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	99.3%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holy Cross	Worthington
No high school diploma	4.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	38.3%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holy Cross	Worthington
Drove alone	82.4%	87.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	7.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holy Cross	Worthington
1-unit, detached	76.6%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Holy Cross	Worthington
Poverty rate	3.0%	4.7%
Average household size	1.94	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	34	22
Median year structure built	1967	1953