Pocahontas vs Rolfe

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

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

Pocahontas has the higher population (1,536 vs 618 in Rolfe). Pocahontas has the higher median household income ($56,298 vs $54,861 in Rolfe). Pocahontas has the higher median home value ($96,600 vs $46,000 in Rolfe).

Population, income & housing

	Pocahontas	Rolfe
Population	1,536	618
Median age	48.9 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,298	$54,861
Median home value	$96,600	$46,000
Median gross rent	$700	$563
Housing units	856	341
Homeownership rate	81.9%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	20.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pocahontas	Rolfe
Population	1,574 → 1,536 (-2.4%)	572 → 618 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$49,650 → $56,298 (+13.4%)	$42,069 → $54,861 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$77,300 → $96,600 (+25.0%)	$33,100 → $46,000 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $700 (+20.1%)	$546 → $563 (+3.1%)

Pocahontas

Population

1,5741,536

Median household income

$49,650$56,298

Median home value

$77,300$96,600

Median gross rent

$583$700

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)

	Pocahontas	Rolfe
Under 5	4.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	21.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	8.6%
35 to 44	4.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	7.8%	6.8%
55 to 64	20.2%	21.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.0%
75 and over	15.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pocahontas	Rolfe
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	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	2.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pocahontas	Rolfe
No high school diploma	8.4%	16.3%
High school graduate	41.3%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pocahontas	Rolfe
Drove alone	88.3%	75.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	8.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pocahontas	Rolfe
1-unit, detached	90.2%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Pocahontas	Rolfe
Poverty rate	8.0%	7.7%
Average household size	2.06	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1965	1938