Russell vs Williamson

A side-by-side comparison of Russell and Williamson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Russell has the higher population (551 vs 228 in Williamson). Williamson has the higher median household income ($53,438 vs $50,750 in Russell). Russell has the higher median home value ($60,400 vs $47,500 in Williamson).

Population, income & housing

	Russell	Williamson
Population	551	228
Median age	56.8 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,750	$53,438
Median home value	$60,400	$47,500
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	329	90
Homeownership rate	90.8%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Russell	Williamson
Population	593 → 551 (-7.1%)	179 → 228 (+27.4%)
Median household income	$44,917 → $50,750 (+13.0%)	$52,917 → $53,438 (+1.0%)
Median home value	$60,200 → $60,400 (+0.3%)	$53,100 → $47,500 (-10.5%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $775 (+15.2%)	—

Russell

Population

593551

Median household income

$44,917$50,750

Median home value

$60,200$60,400

Median gross rent

$673$775

Williamson

Population

179228

Median household income

$52,917$53,438

Median home value

$53,100$47,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Russell	Williamson
Under 5	2.7%	14.0%
5 to 17	13.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	2.4%	2.6%
25 to 34	6.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	7.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	30.3%	14.0%
75 and over	7.3%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Russell	Williamson
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Russell	Williamson
No high school diploma	16.3%	15.3%
High school graduate	26.1%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	52.6%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Russell	Williamson
Drove alone	75.5%	84.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	0.0%
Other means	5.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Russell	Williamson
1-unit, detached	92.4%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Russell	Williamson
Poverty rate	18.5%	26.8%
Average household size	1.95	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1938	1938