Conrad vs Wellsburg

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

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

Conrad has the higher population (1,170 vs 710 in Wellsburg). Conrad has the higher median household income ($73,844 vs $63,125 in Wellsburg). Conrad has the higher median home value ($156,100 vs $110,800 in Wellsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Conrad	Wellsburg
Population	1,170	710
Median age	52.1 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,844	$63,125
Median home value	$156,100	$110,800
Median gross rent	$944	$625
Housing units	572	362
Homeownership rate	73.7%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conrad	Wellsburg
Population	1,083 → 1,170 (+8.0%)	737 → 710 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$49,107 → $73,844 (+50.4%)	$54,091 → $63,125 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$106,100 → $156,100 (+47.1%)	$82,900 → $110,800 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $944 (+46.8%)	$513 → $625 (+21.8%)

Conrad

Population

1,0831,170

Median household income

$49,107$73,844

Median home value

$106,100$156,100

Median gross rent

$643$944

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)

	Conrad	Wellsburg
Under 5	5.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	2.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.6%
35 to 44	5.4%	7.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	16.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	17.6%	12.4%
75 and over	16.2%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conrad	Wellsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	98.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conrad	Wellsburg
No high school diploma	2.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	36.7%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conrad	Wellsburg
Drove alone	85.6%	79.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	7.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	10.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conrad	Wellsburg
1-unit, detached	69.6%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	0.8%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Conrad	Wellsburg
Poverty rate	4.8%	7.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1973	1954