Mitchellville vs Windsor Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Mitchellville and Windsor Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Windsor Heights has the higher population (5,171 vs 2,557 in Mitchellville). Windsor Heights has the higher median household income ($89,083 vs $78,816 in Mitchellville). Windsor Heights has the higher median home value ($251,800 vs $190,200 in Mitchellville).

Population, income & housing

	Mitchellville	Windsor Heights
Population	2,557	5,171
Median age	37.4 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,816	$89,083
Median home value	$190,200	$251,800
Median gross rent	$773	$1,355
Housing units	784	2,327
Homeownership rate	82.7%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mitchellville	Windsor Heights
Population	2,365 → 2,557 (+8.1%)	4,953 → 5,171 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$65,417 → $78,816 (+20.5%)	$64,230 → $89,083 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$137,300 → $190,200 (+38.5%)	$186,700 → $251,800 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $773 (+10.7%)	$1,019 → $1,355 (+33.0%)

Mitchellville

Population

2,3652,557

Median household income

$65,417$78,816

Median home value

$137,300$190,200

Median gross rent

$698$773

Windsor Heights

Population

4,9535,171

Median household income

$64,230$89,083

Median home value

$186,700$251,800

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,355

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mitchellville	Windsor Heights
Under 5	3.4%	8.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.0%
25 to 34	21.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	22.8%	16.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	15.4%
65 to 74	7.0%	13.5%
75 and over	4.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mitchellville	Windsor Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	79.2%
Black or African American	3.5%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mitchellville	Windsor Heights
No high school diploma	10.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	38.2%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mitchellville	Windsor Heights
Drove alone	86.8%	73.0%
Carpooled	3.1%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	19.1%
Other means	0.5%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mitchellville	Windsor Heights
1-unit, detached	80.6%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mitchellville	Windsor Heights
Poverty rate	7.7%	6.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1966	1959