Tennant vs Westphalia

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

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

Westphalia has the higher population (151 vs 57 in Tennant). Westphalia has the higher median household income ($108,542 vs $53,068 in Tennant). Tennant has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $95,000 in Westphalia).

Population, income & housing

	Tennant	Westphalia
Population	57	151
Median age	58.6 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,068	$108,542
Median home value	$118,800	$95,000
Housing units	41	74
Homeownership rate	90.9%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tennant	Westphalia
Population	70 → 57 (-18.6%)	149 → 151 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$46,000 → $53,068 (+15.4%)	$53,250 → $108,542 (+103.8%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $118,800 (+46.7%)	$70,000 → $95,000 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$650 → $475 (-26.9%)

Tennant

Population

7057

Median household income

$46,000$53,068

Median home value

$81,000$118,800

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)

	Tennant	Westphalia
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.3%	9.3%
18 to 24	14.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	1.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	5.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.6%
55 to 64	26.3%	34.4%
65 to 74	17.5%	7.9%
75 and over	14.0%	19.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tennant	Westphalia
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tennant	Westphalia
No high school diploma	11.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	54.8%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tennant	Westphalia
Drove alone	96.6%	96.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tennant	Westphalia
1-unit, detached	95.1%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Tennant	Westphalia
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.6%
Average household size	1.73	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1938	1938