Stanhope vs Webster City

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

Stanhope 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 515 in Stanhope). Webster City has the higher median household income ($65,844 vs $64,479 in Stanhope). Webster City has the higher median home value ($115,400 vs $106,400 in Stanhope).

Population, income & housing

	Stanhope	Webster City
Population	515	7,769
Median age	35.7 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,479	$65,844
Median home value	$106,400	$115,400
Median gross rent	$564	$878
Housing units	230	3,685
Homeownership rate	71.5%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stanhope	Webster City
Population	405 → 515 (+27.2%)	7,732 → 7,769 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$44,821 → $64,479 (+43.9%)	$55,446 → $65,844 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $106,400 (+29.9%)	$97,000 → $115,400 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $564 (-7.2%)	$700 → $878 (+25.4%)

Stanhope

Population

405515

Median household income

$44,821$64,479

Median home value

$81,900$106,400

Median gross rent

$608$564

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)

	Stanhope	Webster City
Under 5	2.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.8%	19.1%
18 to 24	13.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	7.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	17.1%	10.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.9%
75 and over	4.5%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stanhope	Webster City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stanhope	Webster City
No high school diploma	3.3%	10.4%
High school graduate	35.9%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stanhope	Webster City
Drove alone	80.6%	87.5%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	9.3%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stanhope	Webster City
1-unit, detached	72.6%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	13.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Stanhope	Webster City
Poverty rate	11.3%	9.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1950	1958