Estherville vs Ringsted

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

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

Estherville has the higher population (5,865 vs 361 in Ringsted). Ringsted has the higher median household income ($63,250 vs $54,624 in Estherville). Estherville has the higher median home value ($96,300 vs $43,900 in Ringsted).

Population, income & housing

	Estherville	Ringsted
Population	5,865	361
Median age	40.5 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,624	$63,250
Median home value	$96,300	$43,900
Median gross rent	$739	$675
Housing units	2,797	209
Homeownership rate	71.6%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estherville	Ringsted
Population	5,796 → 5,865 (+1.2%)	499 → 361 (-27.7%)
Median household income	$46,493 → $54,624 (+17.5%)	$45,000 → $63,250 (+40.6%)
Median home value	$84,600 → $96,300 (+13.8%)	$33,900 → $43,900 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $739 (+1.4%)	$525 → $675 (+28.6%)

Estherville

Population

5,7965,865

Median household income

$46,493$54,624

Median home value

$84,600$96,300

Median gross rent

$729$739

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)

	Estherville	Ringsted
Under 5	4.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	16.6%
18 to 24	11.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	18.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.0%
75 and over	8.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estherville	Ringsted
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	93.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estherville	Ringsted
No high school diploma	16.9%	3.5%
High school graduate	33.4%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estherville	Ringsted
Drove alone	74.8%	89.2%
Carpooled	10.6%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	6.7%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estherville	Ringsted
1-unit, detached	77.8%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Estherville	Ringsted
Poverty rate	12.8%	17.2%
Average household size	2.16	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1956	1943