Armstrong vs Ringsted

A side-by-side comparison of Armstrong and Ringsted: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Armstrong has the higher population (709 vs 361 in Ringsted). Ringsted has the higher median household income ($63,250 vs $52,279 in Armstrong). Armstrong has the higher median home value ($86,400 vs $43,900 in Ringsted).

Population, income & housing

	Armstrong	Ringsted
Population	709	361
Median age	62.3 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,279	$63,250
Median home value	$86,400	$43,900
Median gross rent	$632	$675
Housing units	409	209
Homeownership rate	84.5%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Armstrong	Ringsted
Population	880 → 709 (-19.4%)	499 → 361 (-27.7%)
Median household income	$43,676 → $52,279 (+19.7%)	$45,000 → $63,250 (+40.6%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $86,400 (+19.3%)	$33,900 → $43,900 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $632 (+7.8%)	$525 → $675 (+28.6%)

Armstrong

Population

880709

Median household income

$43,676$52,279

Median home value

$72,400$86,400

Median gross rent

$586$632

Ringsted

Population

499361

Median household income

$45,000$63,250

Median home value

$33,900$43,900

Median gross rent

$525$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Armstrong	Ringsted
Under 5	5.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	11.7%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.9%	18.8%
35 to 44	7.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	5.2%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	25.7%	13.0%
75 and over	19.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Armstrong	Ringsted
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	93.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Armstrong	Ringsted
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	50.3%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Armstrong	Ringsted
Drove alone	95.2%	89.2%
Carpooled	1.8%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Armstrong	Ringsted
1-unit, detached	82.4%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	1.4%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Armstrong	Ringsted
Poverty rate	6.1%	17.2%
Average household size	1.94	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1953	1943