Wayland vs Winfield

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

Wayland and Winfield 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 1,065 in Winfield). Wayland has the higher median household income ($67,000 vs $46,364 in Winfield). Wayland has the higher median home value ($122,200 vs $99,800 in Winfield).

Population, income & housing

	Wayland	Winfield
Population	1,140	1,065
Median age	45.4 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,000	$46,364
Median home value	$122,200	$99,800
Median gross rent	$693	$596
Housing units	438	495
Homeownership rate	76.2%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wayland	Winfield
Population	1,066 → 1,140 (+6.9%)	1,101 → 1,065 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$54,167 → $67,000 (+23.7%)	$43,796 → $46,364 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$91,000 → $122,200 (+34.3%)	$93,000 → $99,800 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$514 → $693 (+34.8%)	$639 → $596 (-6.7%)

Wayland

Population

1,0661,140

Median household income

$54,167$67,000

Median home value

$91,000$122,200

Median gross rent

$514$693

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)

	Wayland	Winfield
Under 5	4.3%	10.5%
5 to 17	13.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	8.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	17.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	16.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.2%	13.0%
75 and over	11.0%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wayland	Winfield
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wayland	Winfield
No high school diploma	3.2%	4.6%
High school graduate	33.4%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wayland	Winfield
Drove alone	83.4%	90.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	4.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wayland	Winfield
1-unit, detached	76.5%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	5.9%
20 or more units	2.3%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Wayland	Winfield
Poverty rate	6.6%	8.6%
Average household size	2.73	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1956	1951