Earlham vs Winterset

A side-by-side comparison of Earlham and Winterset: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Winterset has the higher population (5,384 vs 1,406 in Earlham). Earlham has the higher median household income ($104,464 vs $69,268 in Winterset). Earlham has the higher median home value ($248,400 vs $181,500 in Winterset).

Population, income & housing

	Earlham	Winterset
Population	1,406	5,384
Median age	43.9 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$104,464	$69,268
Median home value	$248,400	$181,500
Median gross rent	$779	$943
Housing units	589	2,373
Homeownership rate	80.2%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlham	Winterset
Population	1,350 → 1,406 (+4.1%)	5,260 → 5,384 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$74,706 → $104,464 (+39.8%)	$52,835 → $69,268 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$169,100 → $248,400 (+46.9%)	$158,300 → $181,500 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $779 (+14.4%)	$740 → $943 (+27.4%)

Earlham

Population

1,3501,406

Median household income

$74,706$104,464

Median home value

$169,100$248,400

Median gross rent

$681$779

Winterset

Population

5,2605,384

Median household income

$52,835$69,268

Median home value

$158,300$181,500

Median gross rent

$740$943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlham	Winterset
Under 5	5.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.8%	20.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	8.9%	12.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	16.5%
45 to 54	21.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	6.0%
65 to 74	7.2%	10.0%
75 and over	5.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlham	Winterset
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	95.9%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.4%
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	0.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlham	Winterset
No high school diploma	6.9%	3.3%
High school graduate	23.8%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlham	Winterset
Drove alone	75.1%	79.7%
Carpooled	6.3%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlham	Winterset
1-unit, detached	83.0%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Earlham	Winterset
Poverty rate	4.6%	11.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1976	1969