Armstrong vs Wallingford

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

Armstrong and Wallingford 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 174 in Wallingford). Wallingford has the higher median household income ($69,167 vs $52,279 in Armstrong). Armstrong has the higher median home value ($86,400 vs $73,300 in Wallingford).

Population, income & housing

	Armstrong	Wallingford
Population	709	174
Median age	62.3 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,279	$69,167
Median home value	$86,400	$73,300
Median gross rent	$632	—
Housing units	409	76
Homeownership rate	84.5%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Armstrong	Wallingford
Population	880 → 709 (-19.4%)	244 → 174 (-28.7%)
Median household income	$43,676 → $52,279 (+19.7%)	$58,750 → $69,167 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $86,400 (+19.3%)	$85,000 → $73,300 (-13.8%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $632 (+7.8%)	$650 → $617 (-5.1%)

Armstrong

Population

880709

Median household income

$43,676$52,279

Median home value

$72,400$86,400

Median gross rent

$586$632

Wallingford

Population

244174

Median household income

$58,750$69,167

Median home value

$85,000$73,300

Median gross rent

$650$617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Armstrong	Wallingford
Under 5	5.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	11.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	10.3%
25 to 34	8.9%	4.0%
35 to 44	7.2%	21.8%
45 to 54	5.2%	7.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	25.7%	17.8%
75 and over	19.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Armstrong	Wallingford
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	70.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
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%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Armstrong	Wallingford
No high school diploma	4.0%	19.7%
High school graduate	50.3%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Armstrong	Wallingford
Drove alone	95.2%	87.0%
Carpooled	1.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Armstrong	Wallingford
1-unit, detached	82.4%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Armstrong	Wallingford
Poverty rate	6.1%	1.7%
Average household size	1.94	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1953	1942