Inwood vs Rock Rapids

A side-by-side comparison of Inwood and Rock Rapids: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rock Rapids has the higher population (2,653 vs 841 in Inwood). Inwood has the higher median household income ($61,711 vs $61,679 in Rock Rapids). Rock Rapids has the higher median home value ($207,700 vs $171,600 in Inwood).

Population, income & housing

	Inwood	Rock Rapids
Population	841	2,653
Median age	35.8 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,711	$61,679
Median home value	$171,600	$207,700
Median gross rent	$1,222	$763
Housing units	357	1,160
Homeownership rate	85.6%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inwood	Rock Rapids
Population	978 → 841 (-14.0%)	2,545 → 2,653 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$56,765 → $61,711 (+8.7%)	$58,387 → $61,679 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$115,100 → $171,600 (+49.1%)	$140,900 → $207,700 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $1,222 (+75.1%)	$561 → $763 (+36.0%)

Inwood

Population

978841

Median household income

$56,765$61,711

Median home value

$115,100$171,600

Median gross rent

$698$1,222

Rock Rapids

Population

2,5452,653

Median household income

$58,387$61,679

Median home value

$140,900$207,700

Median gross rent

$561$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Inwood	Rock Rapids
Under 5	7.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.7%	24.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	9.5%	16.5%
45 to 54	8.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	8.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	9.3%
75 and over	12.1%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inwood	Rock Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inwood	Rock Rapids
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	33.4%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inwood	Rock Rapids
Drove alone	83.3%	77.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	5.6%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inwood	Rock Rapids
1-unit, detached	87.7%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Inwood	Rock Rapids
Poverty rate	5.4%	5.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	12
Median year structure built	1971	1970