Hedrick vs Richland

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

Hedrick and Richland 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 566 in Richland). Hedrick has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $57,308 in Richland). Richland has the higher median home value ($118,100 vs $75,900 in Hedrick).

Population, income & housing

	Hedrick	Richland
Population	826	566
Median age	39.2 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$57,308
Median home value	$75,900	$118,100
Median gross rent	$581	—
Housing units	302	243
Homeownership rate	72.8%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hedrick	Richland
Population	531 → 826 (+55.6%)	595 → 566 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $63,750 (+45.7%)	$50,833 → $57,308 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $75,900 (-1.4%)	$86,400 → $118,100 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $581 (+9.6%)	$671 → $779 (+16.1%)

Hedrick

Population

531826

Median household income

$43,750$63,750

Median home value

$77,000$75,900

Median gross rent

$530$581

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)

	Hedrick	Richland
Under 5	2.4%	7.8%
5 to 17	20.1%	24.2%
18 to 24	15.4%	11.3%
25 to 34	5.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.4%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	16.4%
55 to 64	9.1%	5.8%
65 to 74	15.5%	7.1%
75 and over	5.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hedrick	Richland
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	5.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hedrick	Richland
No high school diploma	9.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	44.6%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hedrick	Richland
Drove alone	78.8%	82.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	4.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hedrick	Richland
1-unit, detached	76.2%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.2%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Hedrick	Richland
Poverty rate	21.3%	11.2%
Average household size	3.04	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1942	1963