Hawarden vs Rock Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Hawarden and Rock Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rock Valley has the higher population (4,061 vs 2,674 in Hawarden). Hawarden has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $67,012 in Rock Valley). Rock Valley has the higher median home value ($225,800 vs $132,700 in Hawarden).

Population, income & housing

	Hawarden	Rock Valley
Population	2,674	4,061
Median age	35.0 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,375	$67,012
Median home value	$132,700	$225,800
Median gross rent	$881	$1,070
Housing units	1,033	1,610
Homeownership rate	65.7%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawarden	Rock Valley
Population	2,836 → 2,674 (-5.7%)	3,812 → 4,061 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$50,394 → $69,375 (+37.7%)	$68,766 → $67,012 (-2.6%)
Median home value	$85,100 → $132,700 (+55.9%)	$143,600 → $225,800 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $881 (+51.1%)	$669 → $1,070 (+59.9%)

Hawarden

Population

2,8362,674

Median household income

$50,394$69,375

Median home value

$85,100$132,700

Median gross rent

$583$881

Rock Valley

Population

3,8124,061

Median household income

$68,766$67,012

Median home value

$143,600$225,800

Median gross rent

$669$1,070

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hawarden	Rock Valley
Under 5	8.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.9%	21.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	12.9%
25 to 34	15.8%	6.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	18.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	6.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	12.1%
75 and over	8.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawarden	Rock Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	62.2%	67.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	37.4%	32.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawarden	Rock Valley
No high school diploma	24.9%	14.0%
High school graduate	28.8%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawarden	Rock Valley
Drove alone	78.8%	72.1%
Carpooled	9.6%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.7%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.7%
Worked from home	9.8%	8.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawarden	Rock Valley
1-unit, detached	79.1%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	11.1%
20 or more units	1.9%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hawarden	Rock Valley
Poverty rate	10.1%	6.4%
Average household size	2.71	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	16	12
Median year structure built	1971	1975