Wadena vs Westgate

A side-by-side comparison of Wadena and Westgate: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Westgate has the higher population (211 vs 206 in Wadena). Westgate has the higher median household income ($52,188 vs $48,438 in Wadena). Westgate has the higher median home value ($92,500 vs $89,300 in Wadena).

Population, income & housing

	Wadena	Westgate
Population	206	211
Median age	48.9 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,438	$52,188
Median home value	$89,300	$92,500
Median gross rent	$594	$925
Housing units	115	100
Homeownership rate	84.2%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wadena	Westgate
Population	248 → 206 (-16.9%)	224 → 211 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $48,438 (-9.9%)	$50,833 → $52,188 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $89,300 (+21.8%)	$67,500 → $92,500 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$444 → $594 (+33.8%)	$600 → $925 (+54.2%)

Wadena

Population

248206

Median household income

$53,750$48,438

Median home value

$73,300$89,300

Median gross rent

$444$594

Westgate

Population

224211

Median household income

$50,833$52,188

Median home value

$67,500$92,500

Median gross rent

$600$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wadena	Westgate
Under 5	4.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	22.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	8.1%
45 to 54	9.7%	7.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	19.0%
65 to 74	20.4%	11.8%
75 and over	14.1%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wadena	Westgate
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wadena	Westgate
No high school diploma	4.3%	7.4%
High school graduate	41.6%	65.1%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wadena	Westgate
Drove alone	84.1%	86.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	5.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wadena	Westgate
1-unit, detached	88.7%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Wadena	Westgate
Poverty rate	13.7%	26.2%
Average household size	2.17	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1938	1942