Houghton vs Wever

A side-by-side comparison of Houghton and Wever: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wever has the higher population (190 vs 87 in Houghton). Wever has the higher median home value ($262,100 vs $212,500 in Houghton). Since 2019, Wever's population has grown faster (+69.6% vs -29.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Houghton	Wever
Population	87	190
Median age	43.3 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$104,375	—
Median home value	$212,500	$262,100
Median gross rent	$700	—
Housing units	40	90
Homeownership rate	83.8%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houghton	Wever
Population	123 → 87 (-29.3%)	112 → 190 (+69.6%)
Median household income	$65,000 → $104,375 (+60.6%)	$36,417 → $40,875 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $212,500 (+54.5%)	$268,300 → $262,100 (-2.3%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $700 (+27.3%)	—

Houghton

Population

12387

Median household income

$65,000$104,375

Median home value

$137,500$212,500

Median gross rent

$550$700

Wever

Population

112190

Median household income

$36,417$40,875

Median home value

$268,300$262,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houghton	Wever
Under 5	10.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	8.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	17.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	4.6%	4.2%
55 to 64	16.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	19.5%	3.2%
75 and over	8.0%	24.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houghton	Wever
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	67.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	6.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	32.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houghton	Wever
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.8%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houghton	Wever
Drove alone	81.0%	72.9%
Carpooled	9.5%	27.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houghton	Wever
1-unit, detached	97.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Houghton	Wever
Poverty rate	1.1%	14.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1975	1938