Moorhead vs Soldier

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

Moorhead and Soldier 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 123 in Soldier). Soldier has the higher median household income ($49,375 vs $35,938 in Moorhead). Soldier has the higher median home value ($75,000 vs $56,400 in Moorhead).

Population, income & housing

	Moorhead	Soldier
Population	263	123
Median age	39.3 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,938	$49,375
Median home value	$56,400	$75,000
Median gross rent	$867	$595
Housing units	131	77
Homeownership rate	74.0%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moorhead	Soldier
Population	184 → 263 (+42.9%)	210 → 123 (-41.4%)
Median household income	$33,125 → $35,938 (+8.5%)	$38,000 → $49,375 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$47,900 → $56,400 (+17.7%)	$42,900 → $75,000 (+74.8%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $867 (+44.5%)	$458 → $595 (+29.9%)

Moorhead

Population

184263

Median household income

$33,125$35,938

Median home value

$47,900$56,400

Median gross rent

$600$867

Soldier

Population

210123

Median household income

$38,000$49,375

Median home value

$42,900$75,000

Median gross rent

$458$595

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moorhead	Soldier
Under 5	7.6%	1.6%
5 to 17	21.3%	6.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	10.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	8.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	7.3%
45 to 54	3.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	20.3%
65 to 74	15.6%	22.8%
75 and over	7.2%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moorhead	Soldier
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.4%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moorhead	Soldier
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.0%
High school graduate	42.5%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	43.7%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moorhead	Soldier
Drove alone	82.9%	73.0%
Carpooled	17.1%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moorhead	Soldier
1-unit, detached	96.9%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moorhead	Soldier
Poverty rate	36.5%	18.7%
Average household size	2.14	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938