Stratford vs Webster City

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

Stratford 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 696 in Stratford). Webster City has the higher median household income ($65,844 vs $40,833 in Stratford). Webster City has the higher median home value ($115,400 vs $81,100 in Stratford).

Population, income & housing

	Stratford	Webster City
Population	696	7,769
Median age	59.3 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,833	$65,844
Median home value	$81,100	$115,400
Median gross rent	$580	$878
Housing units	385	3,685
Homeownership rate	82.2%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stratford	Webster City
Population	616 → 696 (+13.0%)	7,732 → 7,769 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$46,458 → $40,833 (-12.1%)	$55,446 → $65,844 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$77,600 → $81,100 (+4.5%)	$97,000 → $115,400 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $580 (-22.3%)	$700 → $878 (+25.4%)

Stratford

Population

616696

Median household income

$46,458$40,833

Median home value

$77,600$81,100

Median gross rent

$746$580

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)

	Stratford	Webster City
Under 5	1.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.9%	19.1%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	7.5%	9.6%
35 to 44	7.2%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	16.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	16.4%	9.9%
75 and over	22.1%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stratford	Webster City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	77.1%
Black or African American	4.3%	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	3.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stratford	Webster City
No high school diploma	4.7%	10.4%
High school graduate	50.7%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stratford	Webster City
Drove alone	81.2%	87.5%
Carpooled	3.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	8.5%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stratford	Webster City
1-unit, detached	78.2%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	13.1%
20 or more units	5.2%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Stratford	Webster City
Poverty rate	9.3%	9.5%
Average household size	1.89	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1961	1958