Orange City vs Rock Valley

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

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

Orange City has the higher population (6,312 vs 4,061 in Rock Valley). Orange City has the higher median household income ($81,667 vs $67,012 in Rock Valley). Orange City has the higher median home value ($245,300 vs $225,800 in Rock Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Orange City	Rock Valley
Population	6,312	4,061
Median age	31.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,667	$67,012
Median home value	$245,300	$225,800
Median gross rent	$815	$1,070
Housing units	2,235	1,610
Homeownership rate	72.3%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orange City	Rock Valley
Population	6,127 → 6,312 (+3.0%)	3,812 → 4,061 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$72,857 → $81,667 (+12.1%)	$68,766 → $67,012 (-2.6%)
Median home value	$171,300 → $245,300 (+43.2%)	$143,600 → $225,800 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $815 (+20.0%)	$669 → $1,070 (+59.9%)

Orange City

Population

6,1276,312

Median household income

$72,857$81,667

Median home value

$171,300$245,300

Median gross rent

$679$815

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)

	Orange City	Rock Valley
Under 5	7.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	21.3%
18 to 24	20.8%	12.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	6.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	18.8%
45 to 54	8.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	6.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	12.1%
75 and over	8.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orange City	Rock Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	67.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	32.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orange City	Rock Valley
No high school diploma	3.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	18.3%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orange City	Rock Valley
Drove alone	68.4%	72.1%
Carpooled	8.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.5%	1.0%
Walked	5.5%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	3.7%
Worked from home	16.9%	8.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orange City	Rock Valley
1-unit, detached	70.6%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	11.1%
20 or more units	3.2%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orange City	Rock Valley
Poverty rate	10.8%	6.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	10	12
Median year structure built	1975	1975