Lime Springs vs Riceville

A side-by-side comparison of Lime Springs and Riceville: population, income, housing, and more.

Lime Springs and Riceville are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Riceville has the higher population (795 vs 410 in Lime Springs). Lime Springs has the higher median household income ($62,083 vs $47,434 in Riceville). Lime Springs has the higher median home value ($101,900 vs $92,100 in Riceville).

Population, income & housing

	Lime Springs	Riceville
Population	410	795
Median age	38.2 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,083	$47,434
Median home value	$101,900	$92,100
Median gross rent	$658	$1,016
Housing units	246	428
Homeownership rate	84.7%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lime Springs	Riceville
Population	508 → 410 (-19.3%)	889 → 795 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$59,821 → $62,083 (+3.8%)	$44,402 → $47,434 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $101,900 (+25.2%)	$76,500 → $92,100 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$414 → $658 (+58.9%)	$613 → $1,016 (+65.7%)

Lime Springs

Population

508410

Median household income

$59,821$62,083

Median home value

$81,400$101,900

Median gross rent

$414$658

Riceville

Population

889795

Median household income

$44,402$47,434

Median home value

$76,500$92,100

Median gross rent

$613$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lime Springs	Riceville
Under 5	7.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.0%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	17.1%
35 to 44	15.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.4%
75 and over	5.4%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lime Springs	Riceville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lime Springs	Riceville
No high school diploma	5.2%	7.3%
High school graduate	45.8%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lime Springs	Riceville
Drove alone	83.1%	82.4%
Carpooled	2.8%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lime Springs	Riceville
1-unit, detached	91.1%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Lime Springs	Riceville
Poverty rate	8.0%	11.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	29	36
Median year structure built	1938	1945