Beaman vs Wellsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Beaman and Wellsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wellsburg has the higher population (710 vs 117 in Beaman). Beaman has the higher median household income ($82,083 vs $63,125 in Wellsburg). Wellsburg has the higher median home value ($110,800 vs $90,000 in Beaman).

Population, income & housing

	Beaman	Wellsburg
Population	117	710
Median age	57.4 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,083	$63,125
Median home value	$90,000	$110,800
Median gross rent	$688	$625
Housing units	80	362
Homeownership rate	92.1%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaman	Wellsburg
Population	204 → 117 (-42.6%)	737 → 710 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$61,071 → $82,083 (+34.4%)	$54,091 → $63,125 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $90,000 (+22.0%)	$82,900 → $110,800 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $688 (+1.9%)	$513 → $625 (+21.8%)

Beaman

Population

204117

Median household income

$61,071$82,083

Median home value

$73,800$90,000

Median gross rent

$675$688

Wellsburg

Population

737710

Median household income

$54,091$63,125

Median home value

$82,900$110,800

Median gross rent

$513$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaman	Wellsburg
Under 5	0.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	6.0%	14.5%
18 to 24	13.7%	2.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	15.6%
35 to 44	1.7%	7.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	16.6%
55 to 64	23.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	25.6%	12.4%
75 and over	4.3%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaman	Wellsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaman	Wellsburg
No high school diploma	2.2%	2.5%
High school graduate	61.3%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaman	Wellsburg
Drove alone	83.8%	79.3%
Carpooled	12.2%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	10.5%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaman	Wellsburg
1-unit, detached	97.5%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Beaman	Wellsburg
Poverty rate	0.9%	7.2%
Average household size	1.86	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1943	1954