Plover vs Rolfe

A side-by-side comparison of Plover and Rolfe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rolfe has the higher population (618 vs 46 in Plover). Rolfe has the higher median household income ($54,861 vs $45,750 in Plover). Since 2019, Rolfe's population has grown faster (+8.0% vs -47.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Plover	Rolfe
Population	46	618
Median age	65.1 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$45,750	$54,861
Median home value	—	$46,000
Median gross rent	—	$563
Housing units	47	341
Homeownership rate	75.9%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	20.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plover	Rolfe
Population	87 → 46 (-47.1%)	572 → 618 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$34,500 → $45,750 (+32.6%)	$42,069 → $54,861 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $41,400 (-8.0%)	$33,100 → $46,000 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$546 → $563 (+3.1%)

Plover

Population

8746

Median household income

$34,500$45,750

Median home value

$45,000$41,400

Rolfe

Population

572618

Median household income

$42,069$54,861

Median home value

$33,100$46,000

Median gross rent

$546$563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plover	Rolfe
Under 5	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	8.7%	21.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	4.3%	8.6%
35 to 44	4.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	4.3%	6.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	21.2%
65 to 74	54.3%	11.0%
75 and over	0.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plover	Rolfe
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plover	Rolfe
No high school diploma	0.0%	16.3%
High school graduate	47.4%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plover	Rolfe
Drove alone	94.7%	75.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plover	Rolfe
1-unit, detached	91.5%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Plover	Rolfe
Poverty rate	13.0%	7.7%
Average household size	1.59	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1938	1938