Ellsworth vs Webster City

A side-by-side comparison of Ellsworth and Webster City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Webster City has the higher population (7,769 vs 525 in Ellsworth). Ellsworth has the higher median household income ($73,021 vs $65,844 in Webster City). Ellsworth has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $115,400 in Webster City).

Population, income & housing

	Ellsworth	Webster City
Population	525	7,769
Median age	31.7 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,021	$65,844
Median home value	$125,000	$115,400
Median gross rent	$931	$878
Housing units	225	3,685
Homeownership rate	78.9%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellsworth	Webster City
Population	510 → 525 (+2.9%)	7,732 → 7,769 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$68,571 → $73,021 (+6.5%)	$55,446 → $65,844 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $125,000 (+49.3%)	$97,000 → $115,400 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$868 → $931 (+7.3%)	$700 → $878 (+25.4%)

Ellsworth

Population

510525

Median household income

$68,571$73,021

Median home value

$83,700$125,000

Median gross rent

$868$931

Webster City

Population

7,7327,769

Median household income

$55,446$65,844

Median home value

$97,000$115,400

Median gross rent

$700$878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellsworth	Webster City
Under 5	8.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	22.1%	19.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.1%
25 to 34	18.7%	9.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	7.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.9%
75 and over	4.8%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellsworth	Webster City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellsworth	Webster City
No high school diploma	5.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	26.8%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	47.9%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellsworth	Webster City
Drove alone	89.6%	87.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.9%	2.8%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	3.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellsworth	Webster City
1-unit, detached	84.9%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Ellsworth	Webster City
Poverty rate	3.4%	9.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1938	1958