Charles City vs Rudd

A side-by-side comparison of Charles City and Rudd: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Charles City has the higher population (7,321 vs 568 in Rudd). Rudd has the higher median household income ($74,000 vs $56,734 in Charles City). Charles City has the higher median home value ($118,900 vs $104,800 in Rudd).

Population, income & housing

	Charles City	Rudd
Population	7,321	568
Median age	42.7 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,734	$74,000
Median home value	$118,900	$104,800
Median gross rent	$628	$866
Housing units	3,621	241
Homeownership rate	65.8%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charles City	Rudd
Population	7,396 → 7,321 (-1.0%)	519 → 568 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$41,060 → $56,734 (+38.2%)	$50,268 → $74,000 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$93,600 → $118,900 (+27.0%)	$81,800 → $104,800 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $628 (+18.5%)	$575 → $866 (+50.6%)

Charles City

Population

7,3967,321

Median household income

$41,060$56,734

Median home value

$93,600$118,900

Median gross rent

$530$628

Rudd

Population

519568

Median household income

$50,268$74,000

Median home value

$81,800$104,800

Median gross rent

$575$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charles City	Rudd
Under 5	4.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.3%
75 and over	12.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charles City	Rudd
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	95.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charles City	Rudd
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.5%
High school graduate	41.8%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charles City	Rudd
Drove alone	77.8%	81.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	1.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	8.7%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charles City	Rudd
1-unit, detached	74.7%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	1.2%
20 or more units	6.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Charles City	Rudd
Poverty rate	13.4%	12.3%
Average household size	2.17	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1962	1942