Stout vs Wellsburg

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

Stout 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 274 in Stout). Stout has the higher median household income ($86,250 vs $63,125 in Wellsburg). Stout has the higher median home value ($123,800 vs $110,800 in Wellsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Stout	Wellsburg
Population	274	710
Median age	33.5 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$86,250	$63,125
Median home value	$123,800	$110,800
Median gross rent	$1,563	$625
Housing units	92	362
Homeownership rate	80.4%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stout	Wellsburg
Population	187 → 274 (+46.5%)	737 → 710 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $86,250 (+25.5%)	$54,091 → $63,125 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $123,800 (+25.7%)	$82,900 → $110,800 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $1,563 (+99.6%)	$513 → $625 (+21.8%)

Stout

Population

187274

Median household income

$68,750$86,250

Median home value

$98,500$123,800

Median gross rent

$783$1,563

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)

	Stout	Wellsburg
Under 5	5.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	30.7%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	2.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	25.5%	7.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	16.6%
55 to 64	4.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	5.8%	12.4%
75 and over	1.1%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stout	Wellsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	2.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stout	Wellsburg
No high school diploma	4.9%	2.5%
High school graduate	35.8%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stout	Wellsburg
Drove alone	88.0%	79.3%
Carpooled	3.8%	7.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stout	Wellsburg
1-unit, detached	98.9%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Stout	Wellsburg
Poverty rate	8.4%	7.2%
Average household size	2.98	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1938	1954