St. Charles vs Winterset

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

St. Charles 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 891 in St. Charles). St. Charles has the higher median household income ($81,944 vs $69,268 in Winterset). St. Charles has the higher median home value ($197,100 vs $181,500 in Winterset).

Population, income & housing

	St. Charles	Winterset
Population	891	5,384
Median age	33.0 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,944	$69,268
Median home value	$197,100	$181,500
Median gross rent	$939	$943
Housing units	333	2,373
Homeownership rate	74.7%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Charles	Winterset
Population	709 → 891 (+25.7%)	5,260 → 5,384 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$78,500 → $81,944 (+4.4%)	$52,835 → $69,268 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$153,000 → $197,100 (+28.8%)	$158,300 → $181,500 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $939 (+37.3%)	$740 → $943 (+27.4%)

St. Charles

Population

709891

Median household income

$78,500$81,944

Median home value

$153,000$197,100

Median gross rent

$684$939

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)

	St. Charles	Winterset
Under 5	8.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	13.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	16.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	16.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	6.0%
65 to 74	6.3%	10.0%
75 and over	4.6%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Charles	Winterset
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Charles	Winterset
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.3%
High school graduate	36.3%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Charles	Winterset
Drove alone	76.4%	79.7%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.9%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Charles	Winterset
1-unit, detached	87.1%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	St. Charles	Winterset
Poverty rate	6.3%	11.4%
Average household size	2.78	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	36	19
Median year structure built	1976	1969