New Vienna vs Rickardsville

A side-by-side comparison of New Vienna and Rickardsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Vienna has the higher population (377 vs 264 in Rickardsville). Rickardsville has the higher median household income ($96,111 vs $90,938 in New Vienna). Rickardsville has the higher median home value ($244,100 vs $176,800 in New Vienna).

Population, income & housing

	New Vienna	Rickardsville
Population	377	264
Median age	47.1 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$90,938	$96,111
Median home value	$176,800	$244,100
Median gross rent	$763	—
Housing units	167	100
Homeownership rate	89.2%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Vienna	Rickardsville
Population	402 → 377 (-6.2%)	187 → 264 (+41.2%)
Median household income	$62,188 → $90,938 (+46.2%)	$81,875 → $96,111 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$128,500 → $176,800 (+37.6%)	$181,900 → $244,100 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $763 (+22.1%)	—

New Vienna

Population

402377

Median household income

$62,188$90,938

Median home value

$128,500$176,800

Median gross rent

$625$763

Rickardsville

Population

187264

Median household income

$81,875$96,111

Median home value

$181,900$244,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Vienna	Rickardsville
Under 5	3.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.6%	19.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.2%
25 to 34	10.3%	17.4%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	6.4%
55 to 64	18.6%	17.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.7%
75 and over	9.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Vienna	Rickardsville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Vienna	Rickardsville
No high school diploma	6.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	47.4%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Vienna	Rickardsville
Drove alone	76.0%	72.1%
Carpooled	10.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	3.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	16.4%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Vienna	Rickardsville
1-unit, detached	96.4%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Vienna	Rickardsville
Poverty rate	5.6%	2.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1967	1974