Stratford vs Williams

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

Stratford and Williams 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 330 in Williams). Williams has the higher median household income ($50,750 vs $40,833 in Stratford). Williams has the higher median home value ($85,300 vs $81,100 in Stratford).

Population, income & housing

	Stratford	Williams
Population	696	330
Median age	59.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,833	$50,750
Median home value	$81,100	$85,300
Median gross rent	$580	$660
Housing units	385	171
Homeownership rate	82.2%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stratford	Williams
Population	616 → 696 (+13.0%)	364 → 330 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$46,458 → $40,833 (-12.1%)	$49,375 → $50,750 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$77,600 → $81,100 (+4.5%)	$66,900 → $85,300 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $580 (-22.3%)	$498 → $660 (+32.5%)

Stratford

Population

616696

Median household income

$46,458$40,833

Median home value

$77,600$81,100

Median gross rent

$746$580

Williams

Population

364330

Median household income

$49,375$50,750

Median home value

$66,900$85,300

Median gross rent

$498$660

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Stratford	Williams
Under 5	1.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.9%	12.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	7.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	7.2%	20.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	16.4%	14.8%
75 and over	22.1%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stratford	Williams
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	88.2%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stratford	Williams
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.6%
High school graduate	50.7%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stratford	Williams
Drove alone	81.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	3.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stratford	Williams
1-unit, detached	78.2%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	1.2%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Stratford	Williams
Poverty rate	9.3%	9.1%
Average household size	1.89	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1961	1940