Estherville vs Wallingford

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

Estherville and Wallingford 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 174 in Wallingford). Wallingford has the higher median household income ($69,167 vs $54,624 in Estherville). Estherville has the higher median home value ($96,300 vs $73,300 in Wallingford).

Population, income & housing

	Estherville	Wallingford
Population	5,865	174
Median age	40.5 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,624	$69,167
Median home value	$96,300	$73,300
Median gross rent	$739	—
Housing units	2,797	76
Homeownership rate	71.6%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estherville	Wallingford
Population	5,796 → 5,865 (+1.2%)	244 → 174 (-28.7%)
Median household income	$46,493 → $54,624 (+17.5%)	$58,750 → $69,167 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$84,600 → $96,300 (+13.8%)	$85,000 → $73,300 (-13.8%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $739 (+1.4%)	$650 → $617 (-5.1%)

Estherville

Population

5,7965,865

Median household income

$46,493$54,624

Median home value

$84,600$96,300

Median gross rent

$729$739

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)

	Estherville	Wallingford
Under 5	4.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	14.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	11.6%	10.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	4.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	21.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	7.5%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.5%	17.8%
75 and over	8.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estherville	Wallingford
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	70.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
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%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estherville	Wallingford
No high school diploma	16.9%	19.7%
High school graduate	33.4%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estherville	Wallingford
Drove alone	74.8%	87.0%
Carpooled	10.6%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	3.3%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estherville	Wallingford
1-unit, detached	77.8%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Estherville	Wallingford
Poverty rate	12.8%	1.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1956	1942