Holland vs Wellsburg

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

Holland 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 343 in Holland). Holland has the higher median household income ($71,979 vs $63,125 in Wellsburg). Holland has the higher median home value ($111,700 vs $110,800 in Wellsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Holland	Wellsburg
Population	343	710
Median age	43.1 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,979	$63,125
Median home value	$111,700	$110,800
Median gross rent	$1,094	$625
Housing units	143	362
Homeownership rate	84.2%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	14.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holland	Wellsburg
Population	253 → 343 (+35.6%)	737 → 710 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $71,979 (+31.4%)	$54,091 → $63,125 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$84,000 → $111,700 (+33.0%)	$82,900 → $110,800 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,087 → $1,094 (+0.6%)	$513 → $625 (+21.8%)

Holland

Population

253343

Median household income

$54,792$71,979

Median home value

$84,000$111,700

Median gross rent

$1,087$1,094

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)

	Holland	Wellsburg
Under 5	3.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	22.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	2.9%	2.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	15.6%
35 to 44	18.7%	7.9%
45 to 54	21.6%	16.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.0%	12.4%
75 and over	1.7%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holland	Wellsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holland	Wellsburg
No high school diploma	3.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	42.4%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holland	Wellsburg
Drove alone	92.1%	79.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	7.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holland	Wellsburg
1-unit, detached	95.8%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	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

	Holland	Wellsburg
Poverty rate	16.3%	7.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1954	1954