Protivin vs Riceville

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

Protivin 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 368 in Protivin). Protivin has the higher median household income ($63,438 vs $47,434 in Riceville). Protivin has the higher median home value ($107,700 vs $92,100 in Riceville).

Population, income & housing

	Protivin	Riceville
Population	368	795
Median age	32.0 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,438	$47,434
Median home value	$107,700	$92,100
Median gross rent	$582	$1,016
Housing units	165	428
Homeownership rate	88.2%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Protivin	Riceville
Population	391 → 368 (-5.9%)	889 → 795 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$46,750 → $63,438 (+35.7%)	$44,402 → $47,434 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $107,700 (+32.8%)	$76,500 → $92,100 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $582 (+1.2%)	$613 → $1,016 (+65.7%)

Protivin

Population

391368

Median household income

$46,750$63,438

Median home value

$81,100$107,700

Median gross rent

$575$582

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)

	Protivin	Riceville
Under 5	13.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	18.8%	17.1%
35 to 44	8.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	5.4%	7.4%
55 to 64	9.8%	10.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.4%
75 and over	11.4%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Protivin	Riceville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Protivin	Riceville
No high school diploma	2.2%	7.3%
High school graduate	31.9%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Protivin	Riceville
Drove alone	79.3%	82.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Protivin	Riceville
1-unit, detached	88.5%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Protivin	Riceville
Poverty rate	1.9%	11.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	19	36
Median year structure built	1955	1945