Mount Union vs Winfield

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

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

Winfield has the higher population (1,065 vs 111 in Mount Union). Mount Union has the higher median household income ($48,250 vs $46,364 in Winfield). Winfield has the higher median home value ($99,800 vs $84,500 in Mount Union).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Union	Winfield
Population	111	1,065
Median age	37.7 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,250	$46,364
Median home value	$84,500	$99,800
Median gross rent	—	$596
Housing units	47	495
Homeownership rate	85.1%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Union	Winfield
Population	153 → 111 (-27.5%)	1,101 → 1,065 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$38,542 → $48,250 (+25.2%)	$43,796 → $46,364 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$72,800 → $84,500 (+16.1%)	$93,000 → $99,800 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$639 → $596 (-6.7%)

Mount Union

Population

153111

Median household income

$38,542$48,250

Median home value

$72,800$84,500

Winfield

Population

1,1011,065

Median household income

$43,796$46,364

Median home value

$93,000$99,800

Median gross rent

$639$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Union	Winfield
Under 5	1.8%	10.5%
5 to 17	32.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	3.6%	10.3%
35 to 44	18.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.0%
55 to 64	8.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	13.5%	13.0%
75 and over	8.1%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Union	Winfield
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.9%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Union	Winfield
No high school diploma	5.9%	4.6%
High school graduate	32.4%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Union	Winfield
Drove alone	86.5%	90.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Union	Winfield
1-unit, detached	80.9%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Mount Union	Winfield
Poverty rate	9.9%	8.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1973	1951