Moorhead vs Whiting

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

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

Whiting has the higher population (840 vs 263 in Moorhead). Whiting has the higher median household income ($68,977 vs $35,938 in Moorhead). Whiting has the higher median home value ($87,800 vs $56,400 in Moorhead).

Population, income & housing

	Moorhead	Whiting
Population	263	840
Median age	39.3 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$35,938	$68,977
Median home value	$56,400	$87,800
Median gross rent	$867	$931
Housing units	131	355
Homeownership rate	74.0%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moorhead	Whiting
Population	184 → 263 (+42.9%)	825 → 840 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$33,125 → $35,938 (+8.5%)	$52,368 → $68,977 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$47,900 → $56,400 (+17.7%)	$77,100 → $87,800 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $867 (+44.5%)	$731 → $931 (+27.4%)

Moorhead

Population

184263

Median household income

$33,125$35,938

Median home value

$47,900$56,400

Median gross rent

$600$867

Whiting

Population

825840

Median household income

$52,368$68,977

Median home value

$77,100$87,800

Median gross rent

$731$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moorhead	Whiting
Under 5	7.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	21.3%	18.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	2.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	6.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	3.4%	17.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	15.2%
65 to 74	15.6%	15.4%
75 and over	7.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moorhead	Whiting
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	81.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.6%
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%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moorhead	Whiting
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.7%
High school graduate	42.5%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	43.7%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moorhead	Whiting
Drove alone	82.9%	71.8%
Carpooled	17.1%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moorhead	Whiting
1-unit, detached	96.9%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Moorhead	Whiting
Poverty rate	36.5%	10.1%
Average household size	2.14	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1938	1952