Wesley vs Whittemore

A side-by-side comparison of Wesley and Whittemore: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Whittemore has the higher population (576 vs 356 in Wesley). Whittemore has the higher median household income ($77,054 vs $65,625 in Wesley). Wesley has the higher median home value ($88,900 vs $88,700 in Whittemore).

Population, income & housing

	Wesley	Whittemore
Population	356	576
Median age	41.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$77,054
Median home value	$88,900	$88,700
Median gross rent	$625	$508
Housing units	158	315
Homeownership rate	89.5%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wesley	Whittemore
Population	362 → 356 (-1.7%)	497 → 576 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$53,036 → $65,625 (+23.7%)	$53,864 → $77,054 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$76,800 → $88,900 (+15.8%)	$64,000 → $88,700 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$489 → $625 (+27.8%)	$546 → $508 (-7.0%)

Wesley

Population

362356

Median household income

$53,036$65,625

Median home value

$76,800$88,900

Median gross rent

$489$625

Whittemore

Population

497576

Median household income

$53,864$77,054

Median home value

$64,000$88,700

Median gross rent

$546$508

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wesley	Whittemore
Under 5	8.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	20.5%
18 to 24	3.4%	3.1%
25 to 34	18.5%	16.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	16.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	14.6%	11.3%
75 and over	6.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wesley	Whittemore
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wesley	Whittemore
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.9%
High school graduate	50.6%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wesley	Whittemore
Drove alone	85.3%	82.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	4.4%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	3.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wesley	Whittemore
1-unit, detached	89.2%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Wesley	Whittemore
Poverty rate	13.5%	4.5%
Average household size	2.34	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1957	1955