Rolfe vs Varina

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

Rolfe and Varina 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 31 in Varina). Rolfe has the higher median household income ($54,861 vs $40,000 in Varina). Both have a median home value of $46,000.

Population, income & housing

	Rolfe	Varina
Population	618	31
Median age	43.0 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,861	$40,000
Median home value	$46,000	$46,000
Median gross rent	$563	—
Housing units	341	18
Homeownership rate	81.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	20.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rolfe	Varina
Population	572 → 618 (+8.0%)	47 → 31 (-34.0%)
Median household income	$42,069 → $54,861 (+30.4%)	$40,000 → $40,000 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$33,100 → $46,000 (+39.0%)	$32,500 → $46,000 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$546 → $563 (+3.1%)	—

Rolfe

Population

572618

Median household income

$42,069$54,861

Median home value

$33,100$46,000

Median gross rent

$546$563

Varina

Population

4731

Median household income

$40,000$40,000

Median home value

$32,500$46,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rolfe	Varina
Under 5	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	9.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	3.2%
25 to 34	8.6%	3.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	3.2%
45 to 54	6.8%	25.8%
55 to 64	21.2%	9.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	32.3%
75 and over	10.5%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rolfe	Varina
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rolfe	Varina
No high school diploma	16.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.0%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rolfe	Varina
Drove alone	75.3%	88.2%
Carpooled	11.6%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rolfe	Varina
1-unit, detached	83.6%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rolfe	Varina
Poverty rate	7.7%	3.2%
Average household size	2.41	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	18	14
Median year structure built	1938	1951