Defiance vs Westphalia

A side-by-side comparison of Defiance and Westphalia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Defiance has the higher population (207 vs 151 in Westphalia). Westphalia has the higher median household income ($108,542 vs $51,458 in Defiance). Westphalia has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $84,300 in Defiance).

Population, income & housing

	Defiance	Westphalia
Population	207	151
Median age	48.5 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,458	$108,542
Median home value	$84,300	$95,000
Housing units	109	74
Homeownership rate	85.4%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Defiance	Westphalia
Population	204 → 207 (+1.5%)	149 → 151 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$47,083 → $51,458 (+9.3%)	$53,250 → $108,542 (+103.8%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $84,300 (+8.8%)	$70,000 → $95,000 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $658 (+19.6%)	$650 → $475 (-26.9%)

Defiance

Population

204207

Median household income

$47,083$51,458

Median home value

$77,500$84,300

Median gross rent

$550$658

Westphalia

Population

149151

Median household income

$53,250$108,542

Median home value

$70,000$95,000

Median gross rent

$650$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Defiance	Westphalia
Under 5	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	9.3%
18 to 24	1.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	17.9%	9.3%
35 to 44	7.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	19.8%	34.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	7.9%
75 and over	12.6%	19.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Defiance	Westphalia
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Defiance	Westphalia
No high school diploma	9.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	45.5%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Defiance	Westphalia
Drove alone	73.5%	96.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	1.9%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Defiance	Westphalia
1-unit, detached	92.7%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Defiance	Westphalia
Poverty rate	15.9%	4.6%
Average household size	2.01	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1942	1938