Moorhead vs Rodney

A side-by-side comparison of Moorhead and Rodney: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moorhead has the higher population (263 vs 48 in Rodney). Rodney has the higher median household income ($52,188 vs $35,938 in Moorhead). Rodney has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $56,400 in Moorhead).

Population, income & housing

	Moorhead	Rodney
Population	263	48
Median age	39.3 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$35,938	$52,188
Median home value	$56,400	$162,500
Median gross rent	$867	—
Housing units	131	21
Homeownership rate	74.0%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moorhead	Rodney
Population	184 → 263 (+42.9%)	45 → 48 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$33,125 → $35,938 (+8.5%)	$29,063 → $52,188 (+79.6%)
Median home value	$47,900 → $56,400 (+17.7%)	$48,300 → $162,500 (+236.4%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $867 (+44.5%)	—

Moorhead

Population

184263

Median household income

$33,125$35,938

Median home value

$47,900$56,400

Median gross rent

$600$867

Rodney

Population

4548

Median household income

$29,063$52,188

Median home value

$48,300$162,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moorhead	Rodney
Under 5	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.3%	31.3%
18 to 24	4.9%	2.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	2.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	3.4%	20.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	22.9%
65 to 74	15.6%	10.4%
75 and over	7.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moorhead	Rodney
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	68.8%
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	0.4%	31.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moorhead	Rodney
No high school diploma	2.9%	9.4%
High school graduate	42.5%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	43.7%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moorhead	Rodney
Drove alone	82.9%	91.7%
Carpooled	17.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moorhead	Rodney
1-unit, detached	96.9%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Moorhead	Rodney
Poverty rate	36.5%	2.1%
Average household size	2.14	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1938	1943