Richland vs Sigourney

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

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

Sigourney has the higher population (1,866 vs 566 in Richland). Richland has the higher median household income ($57,308 vs $51,528 in Sigourney). Richland has the higher median home value ($118,100 vs $109,500 in Sigourney).

Population, income & housing

	Richland	Sigourney
Population	566	1,866
Median age	29.7 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,308	$51,528
Median home value	$118,100	$109,500
Median gross rent	—	$903
Housing units	243	1,013
Homeownership rate	83.5%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richland	Sigourney
Population	595 → 566 (-4.9%)	1,867 → 1,866 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$50,833 → $57,308 (+12.7%)	$45,375 → $51,528 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $118,100 (+36.7%)	$83,700 → $109,500 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $779 (+16.1%)	$664 → $903 (+36.0%)

Richland

Population

595566

Median household income

$50,833$57,308

Median home value

$86,400$118,100

Median gross rent

$671$779

Sigourney

Population

1,8671,866

Median household income

$45,375$51,528

Median home value

$83,700$109,500

Median gross rent

$664$903

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richland	Sigourney
Under 5	7.8%	2.9%
5 to 17	24.2%	11.1%
18 to 24	11.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	9.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	16.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	5.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.1%	11.3%
75 and over	5.1%	20.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richland	Sigourney
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richland	Sigourney
No high school diploma	2.8%	6.4%
High school graduate	34.9%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richland	Sigourney
Drove alone	82.4%	71.8%
Carpooled	12.2%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richland	Sigourney
1-unit, detached	83.1%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Richland	Sigourney
Poverty rate	11.2%	14.9%
Average household size	2.60	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1963	1960