Polk City vs Windsor Heights

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

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

Polk City has the higher population (5,833 vs 5,171 in Windsor Heights). Polk City has the higher median household income ($163,000 vs $89,083 in Windsor Heights). Polk City has the higher median home value ($385,000 vs $251,800 in Windsor Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Polk City	Windsor Heights
Population	5,833	5,171
Median age	37.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$163,000	$89,083
Median home value	$385,000	$251,800
Median gross rent	$746	$1,355
Housing units	2,059	2,327
Homeownership rate	90.0%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Polk City	Windsor Heights
Population	4,625 → 5,833 (+26.1%)	4,953 → 5,171 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$104,750 → $163,000 (+55.6%)	$64,230 → $89,083 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$249,000 → $385,000 (+54.6%)	$186,700 → $251,800 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,152 → $746 (-35.2%)	$1,019 → $1,355 (+33.0%)

Polk City

Population

4,6255,833

Median household income

$104,750$163,000

Median home value

$249,000$385,000

Median gross rent

$1,152$746

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)

	Polk City	Windsor Heights
Under 5	4.9%	8.4%
5 to 17	24.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	3.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	15.7%	16.8%
45 to 54	16.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	13.5%
75 and over	2.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Polk City	Windsor Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	79.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Polk City	Windsor Heights
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	18.0%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Polk City	Windsor Heights
Drove alone	79.5%	73.0%
Carpooled	3.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	19.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Polk City	Windsor Heights
1-unit, detached	79.2%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	2.5%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Polk City	Windsor Heights
Poverty rate	5.5%	6.9%
Average household size	2.84	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	2006	1959