Delta vs Richland

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

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

Richland has the higher population (566 vs 332 in Delta). Richland has the higher median household income ($57,308 vs $54,750 in Delta). Richland has the higher median home value ($118,100 vs $39,400 in Delta).

Population, income & housing

	Delta	Richland
Population	332	566
Median age	31.8 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,750	$57,308
Median home value	$39,400	$118,100
Median gross rent	$928	—
Housing units	154	243
Homeownership rate	82.9%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delta	Richland
Population	350 → 332 (-5.1%)	595 → 566 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$36,445 → $54,750 (+50.2%)	$50,833 → $57,308 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$50,800 → $39,400 (-22.4%)	$86,400 → $118,100 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$275 → $928 (+237.5%)	$671 → $779 (+16.1%)

Delta

Population

350332

Median household income

$36,445$54,750

Median home value

$50,800$39,400

Median gross rent

$275$928

Richland

Population

595566

Median household income

$50,833$57,308

Median home value

$86,400$118,100

Median gross rent

$671$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delta	Richland
Under 5	6.9%	7.8%
5 to 17	27.7%	24.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	11.3%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	16.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	5.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	7.1%
75 and over	5.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delta	Richland
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	90.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delta	Richland
No high school diploma	8.1%	2.8%
High school graduate	54.0%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delta	Richland
Drove alone	75.8%	82.4%
Carpooled	13.7%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	4.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delta	Richland
1-unit, detached	85.7%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Delta	Richland
Poverty rate	11.7%	11.2%
Average household size	2.84	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1938	1963