Emmetsburg vs West Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Emmetsburg and West Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Emmetsburg has the higher population (3,651 vs 889 in West Bend). West Bend has the higher median household income ($84,286 vs $57,353 in Emmetsburg). West Bend has the higher median home value ($147,800 vs $114,600 in Emmetsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Emmetsburg	West Bend
Population	3,651	889
Median age	45.0 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,353	$84,286
Median home value	$114,600	$147,800
Median gross rent	$589	$548
Housing units	1,824	380
Homeownership rate	69.9%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emmetsburg	West Bend
Population	3,728 → 3,651 (-2.1%)	659 → 889 (+34.9%)
Median household income	$49,563 → $57,353 (+15.7%)	$44,091 → $84,286 (+91.2%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $114,600 (+1.5%)	$108,900 → $147,800 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $589 (-5.0%)	$575 → $548 (-4.7%)

Emmetsburg

Population

3,7283,651

Median household income

$49,563$57,353

Median home value

$112,900$114,600

Median gross rent

$620$589

West Bend

Population

659889

Median household income

$44,091$84,286

Median home value

$108,900$147,800

Median gross rent

$575$548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emmetsburg	West Bend
Under 5	5.8%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.3%	19.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	10.7%
25 to 34	9.2%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	4.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	12.7%
75 and over	13.6%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emmetsburg	West Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emmetsburg	West Bend
No high school diploma	8.0%	8.7%
High school graduate	33.2%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emmetsburg	West Bend
Drove alone	76.3%	77.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	14.9%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	5.5%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emmetsburg	West Bend
1-unit, detached	74.0%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	10.3%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Emmetsburg	West Bend
Poverty rate	17.3%	5.3%
Average household size	2.09	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	14	14
Median year structure built	1959	1966