Stanhope vs Stratford

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

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

Stratford has the higher population (696 vs 515 in Stanhope). Stanhope has the higher median household income ($64,479 vs $40,833 in Stratford). Stanhope has the higher median home value ($106,400 vs $81,100 in Stratford).

Population, income & housing

	Stanhope	Stratford
Population	515	696
Median age	35.7 yrs	59.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,479	$40,833
Median home value	$106,400	$81,100
Median gross rent	$564	$580
Housing units	230	385
Homeownership rate	71.5%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stanhope	Stratford
Population	405 → 515 (+27.2%)	616 → 696 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$44,821 → $64,479 (+43.9%)	$46,458 → $40,833 (-12.1%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $106,400 (+29.9%)	$77,600 → $81,100 (+4.5%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $564 (-7.2%)	$746 → $580 (-22.3%)

Stanhope

Population

405515

Median household income

$44,821$64,479

Median home value

$81,900$106,400

Median gross rent

$608$564

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)

	Stanhope	Stratford
Under 5	2.9%	1.6%
5 to 17	18.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	13.4%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.8%	7.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	7.2%
45 to 54	7.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	17.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	16.4%
75 and over	4.5%	22.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stanhope	Stratford
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.7%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stanhope	Stratford
No high school diploma	3.3%	4.7%
High school graduate	35.9%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stanhope	Stratford
Drove alone	80.6%	81.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.3%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	7.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stanhope	Stratford
1-unit, detached	72.6%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Stanhope	Stratford
Poverty rate	11.3%	9.3%
Average household size	2.49	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1950	1961