Mount Union vs Wayland

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Union and Wayland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wayland has the higher population (1,140 vs 111 in Mount Union). Wayland has the higher median household income ($67,000 vs $48,250 in Mount Union). Wayland has the higher median home value ($122,200 vs $84,500 in Mount Union).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Union	Wayland
Population	111	1,140
Median age	37.7 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,250	$67,000
Median home value	$84,500	$122,200
Median gross rent	—	$693
Housing units	47	438
Homeownership rate	85.1%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Union	Wayland
Population	153 → 111 (-27.5%)	1,066 → 1,140 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$38,542 → $48,250 (+25.2%)	$54,167 → $67,000 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$72,800 → $84,500 (+16.1%)	$91,000 → $122,200 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$514 → $693 (+34.8%)

Mount Union

Population

153111

Median household income

$38,542$48,250

Median home value

$72,800$84,500

Wayland

Population

1,0661,140

Median household income

$54,167$67,000

Median home value

$91,000$122,200

Median gross rent

$514$693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Union	Wayland
Under 5	1.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	32.4%	13.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	3.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	18.0%	17.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	16.6%
55 to 64	8.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	13.5%	8.2%
75 and over	8.1%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Union	Wayland
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Union	Wayland
No high school diploma	5.9%	3.2%
High school graduate	32.4%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Union	Wayland
Drove alone	86.5%	83.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.3%
Worked from home	13.5%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Union	Wayland
1-unit, detached	80.9%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Mount Union	Wayland
Poverty rate	9.9%	6.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1973	1956