Rickardsville vs Worthington

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

Rickardsville 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 Rickardsville). Rickardsville has the higher median household income ($96,111 vs $81,875 in Worthington). Rickardsville has the higher median home value ($244,100 vs $150,500 in Worthington).

Population, income & housing

	Rickardsville	Worthington
Population	264	401
Median age	38.0 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$96,111	$81,875
Median home value	$244,100	$150,500
Median gross rent	—	$575
Housing units	100	181
Homeownership rate	98.0%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rickardsville	Worthington
Population	187 → 264 (+41.2%)	449 → 401 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$81,875 → $96,111 (+17.4%)	$62,813 → $81,875 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$181,900 → $244,100 (+34.2%)	$118,400 → $150,500 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$625 → $575 (-8.0%)

Rickardsville

Population

187264

Median household income

$81,875$96,111

Median home value

$181,900$244,100

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)

	Rickardsville	Worthington
Under 5	7.2%	7.7%
5 to 17	19.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	17.4%	10.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	6.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	17.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	13.2%
75 and over	5.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rickardsville	Worthington
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rickardsville	Worthington
No high school diploma	2.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	35.2%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rickardsville	Worthington
Drove alone	72.1%	87.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	2.2%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rickardsville	Worthington
1-unit, detached	93.0%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Rickardsville	Worthington
Poverty rate	2.7%	4.7%
Average household size	2.64	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1974	1953