Ringsted vs Wallingford

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

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

Ringsted has the higher population (361 vs 174 in Wallingford). Wallingford has the higher median household income ($69,167 vs $63,250 in Ringsted). Wallingford has the higher median home value ($73,300 vs $43,900 in Ringsted).

Population, income & housing

	Ringsted	Wallingford
Population	361	174
Median age	36.5 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,250	$69,167
Median home value	$43,900	$73,300
Median gross rent	$675	—
Housing units	209	76
Homeownership rate	76.4%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ringsted	Wallingford
Population	499 → 361 (-27.7%)	244 → 174 (-28.7%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $63,250 (+40.6%)	$58,750 → $69,167 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$33,900 → $43,900 (+29.5%)	$85,000 → $73,300 (-13.8%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $675 (+28.6%)	$650 → $617 (-5.1%)

Ringsted

Population

499361

Median household income

$45,000$63,250

Median home value

$33,900$43,900

Median gross rent

$525$675

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)

	Ringsted	Wallingford
Under 5	5.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	5.8%	10.3%
25 to 34	18.8%	4.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	21.8%
45 to 54	9.7%	7.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	17.8%
75 and over	5.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ringsted	Wallingford
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	70.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	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	3.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ringsted	Wallingford
No high school diploma	3.5%	19.7%
High school graduate	32.7%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	48.8%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ringsted	Wallingford
Drove alone	89.2%	87.0%
Carpooled	3.6%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ringsted	Wallingford
1-unit, detached	95.2%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Ringsted	Wallingford
Poverty rate	17.2%	1.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1943	1942