Huxley vs Roland

A side-by-side comparison of Huxley and Roland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huxley has the higher population (4,440 vs 1,458 in Roland). Huxley has the higher median household income ($122,716 vs $84,779 in Roland). Huxley has the higher median home value ($296,100 vs $173,100 in Roland).

Population, income & housing

	Huxley	Roland
Population	4,440	1,458
Median age	34.6 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$122,716	$84,779
Median home value	$296,100	$173,100
Median gross rent	$1,260	$983
Housing units	1,599	702
Homeownership rate	83.0%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.0%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huxley	Roland
Population	3,769 → 4,440 (+17.8%)	1,408 → 1,458 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$104,457 → $122,716 (+17.5%)	$76,413 → $84,779 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$197,700 → $296,100 (+49.8%)	$146,300 → $173,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $1,260 (+63.4%)	$615 → $983 (+59.8%)

Huxley

Population

3,7694,440

Median household income

$104,457$122,716

Median home value

$197,700$296,100

Median gross rent

$771$1,260

Roland

Population

1,4081,458

Median household income

$76,413$84,779

Median home value

$146,300$173,100

Median gross rent

$615$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huxley	Roland
Under 5	8.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	28.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	1.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.1%
35 to 44	17.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	9.5%	15.9%
65 to 74	2.3%	9.1%
75 and over	6.5%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huxley	Roland
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	96.2%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huxley	Roland
No high school diploma	1.8%	1.4%
High school graduate	20.9%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree	45.6%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huxley	Roland
Drove alone	88.8%	84.7%
Carpooled	0.8%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huxley	Roland
1-unit, detached	77.0%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	3.3%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Huxley	Roland
Poverty rate	3.3%	0.6%
Average household size	2.84	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1999	1958