Hospers vs Rock Valley

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

Hospers 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 945 in Hospers). Hospers has the higher median household income ($73,819 vs $67,012 in Rock Valley). Rock Valley has the higher median home value ($225,800 vs $163,700 in Hospers).

Population, income & housing

	Hospers	Rock Valley
Population	945	4,061
Median age	30.0 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,819	$67,012
Median home value	$163,700	$225,800
Median gross rent	$698	$1,070
Housing units	359	1,610
Homeownership rate	80.8%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hospers	Rock Valley
Population	788 → 945 (+19.9%)	3,812 → 4,061 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$63,542 → $73,819 (+16.2%)	$68,766 → $67,012 (-2.6%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $163,700 (+39.1%)	$143,600 → $225,800 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $698 (+22.7%)	$669 → $1,070 (+59.9%)

Hospers

Population

788945

Median household income

$63,542$73,819

Median home value

$117,700$163,700

Median gross rent

$569$698

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)

	Hospers	Rock Valley
Under 5	6.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	26.6%	21.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	12.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	6.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	18.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	8.6%	6.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	12.1%
75 and over	9.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hospers	Rock Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	67.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	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	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.7%	32.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hospers	Rock Valley
No high school diploma	8.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	37.7%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hospers	Rock Valley
Drove alone	73.3%	72.1%
Carpooled	13.1%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	7.6%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.7%
Worked from home	6.0%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hospers	Rock Valley
1-unit, detached	88.9%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hospers	Rock Valley
Poverty rate	14.1%	6.4%
Average household size	2.63	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	14	12
Median year structure built	1959	1975