Jewell Junction vs Stratford

A side-by-side comparison of Jewell Junction and Stratford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jewell Junction has the higher population (1,225 vs 696 in Stratford). Jewell Junction has the higher median household income ($75,313 vs $40,833 in Stratford). Jewell Junction has the higher median home value ($128,300 vs $81,100 in Stratford).

Population, income & housing

	Jewell Junction	Stratford
Population	1,225	696
Median age	36.9 yrs	59.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,313	$40,833
Median home value	$128,300	$81,100
Median gross rent	$863	$580
Housing units	595	385
Homeownership rate	83.0%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jewell Junction	Stratford
Population	1,187 → 1,225 (+3.2%)	616 → 696 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$67,188 → $75,313 (+12.1%)	$46,458 → $40,833 (-12.1%)
Median home value	$112,600 → $128,300 (+13.9%)	$77,600 → $81,100 (+4.5%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $863 (+13.4%)	$746 → $580 (-22.3%)

Jewell Junction

Population

1,1871,225

Median household income

$67,188$75,313

Median home value

$112,600$128,300

Median gross rent

$761$863

Stratford

Population

616696

Median household income

$46,458$40,833

Median home value

$77,600$81,100

Median gross rent

$746$580

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jewell Junction	Stratford
Under 5	2.3%	1.6%
5 to 17	20.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.9%
25 to 34	15.9%	7.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	7.2%
45 to 54	18.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	16.4%
65 to 74	5.9%	16.4%
75 and over	4.7%	22.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jewell Junction	Stratford
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.7%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jewell Junction	Stratford
No high school diploma	3.2%	4.7%
High school graduate	25.8%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jewell Junction	Stratford
Drove alone	85.4%	81.2%
Carpooled	3.9%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	7.4%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jewell Junction	Stratford
1-unit, detached	89.9%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Jewell Junction	Stratford
Poverty rate	8.0%	9.3%
Average household size	2.22	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1951	1961