Thornburg vs Webster

A side-by-side comparison of Thornburg and Webster: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Webster has the higher population (136 vs 43 in Thornburg). Thornburg has the higher median household income ($39,821 vs $34,423 in Webster). Since 2019, Webster's population has grown faster (-1.4% vs -10.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Thornburg	Webster
Population	43	136
Median age	60.5 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,821	$34,423
Median home value	—	$83,000
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	21	64
Homeownership rate	100.0%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	25.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thornburg	Webster
Population	48 → 43 (-10.4%)	138 → 136 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$45,417 → $39,821 (-12.3%)	$41,250 → $34,423 (-16.6%)
Median home value	$35,000 → $22,500 (-35.7%)	$63,100 → $83,000 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$863 → $850 (-1.5%)

Thornburg

Population

4843

Median household income

$45,417$39,821

Median home value

$35,000$22,500

Webster

Population

138136

Median household income

$41,250$34,423

Median home value

$63,100$83,000

Median gross rent

$863$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Thornburg	Webster
Under 5	0.0%	13.2%
5 to 17	4.7%	22.8%
18 to 24	2.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	25.7%
35 to 44	7.0%	5.1%
45 to 54	20.9%	1.5%
55 to 64	23.3%	8.1%
65 to 74	37.2%	6.6%
75 and over	4.7%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thornburg	Webster
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thornburg	Webster
No high school diploma	2.5%	14.5%
High school graduate	55.0%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	15.0%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thornburg	Webster
Drove alone	80.0%	94.0%
Carpooled	20.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thornburg	Webster
1-unit, detached	95.2%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Thornburg	Webster
Poverty rate	14.0%	8.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	36	36
Median year structure built	1938	1938