Delta vs Hedrick

A side-by-side comparison of Delta and Hedrick: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hedrick has the higher population (826 vs 332 in Delta). Hedrick has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $54,750 in Delta). Hedrick has the higher median home value ($75,900 vs $39,400 in Delta).

Population, income & housing

	Delta	Hedrick
Population	332	826
Median age	31.8 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,750	$63,750
Median home value	$39,400	$75,900
Median gross rent	$928	$581
Housing units	154	302
Homeownership rate	82.9%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delta	Hedrick
Population	350 → 332 (-5.1%)	531 → 826 (+55.6%)
Median household income	$36,445 → $54,750 (+50.2%)	$43,750 → $63,750 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$50,800 → $39,400 (-22.4%)	$77,000 → $75,900 (-1.4%)
Median gross rent	$275 → $928 (+237.5%)	$530 → $581 (+9.6%)

Delta

Population

350332

Median household income

$36,445$54,750

Median home value

$50,800$39,400

Median gross rent

$275$928

Hedrick

Population

531826

Median household income

$43,750$63,750

Median home value

$77,000$75,900

Median gross rent

$530$581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delta	Hedrick
Under 5	6.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	27.7%	20.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	15.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	5.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	9.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	15.5%
75 and over	5.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delta	Hedrick
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	93.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delta	Hedrick
No high school diploma	8.1%	9.0%
High school graduate	54.0%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delta	Hedrick
Drove alone	75.8%	78.8%
Carpooled	13.7%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	13.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delta	Hedrick
1-unit, detached	85.7%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Delta	Hedrick
Poverty rate	11.7%	21.3%
Average household size	2.84	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1938	1942