Roland vs Story City

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

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

Story City has the higher population (3,363 vs 1,458 in Roland). Roland has the higher median household income ($84,779 vs $73,558 in Story City). Story City has the higher median home value ($205,800 vs $173,100 in Roland).

Population, income & housing

	Roland	Story City
Population	1,458	3,363
Median age	41.9 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,779	$73,558
Median home value	$173,100	$205,800
Median gross rent	$983	$956
Housing units	702	1,610
Homeownership rate	85.6%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roland	Story City
Population	1,408 → 1,458 (+3.6%)	3,377 → 3,363 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$76,413 → $84,779 (+10.9%)	$77,656 → $73,558 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$146,300 → $173,100 (+18.3%)	$145,500 → $205,800 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $983 (+59.8%)	$736 → $956 (+29.9%)

Roland

Population

1,4081,458

Median household income

$76,413$84,779

Median home value

$146,300$173,100

Median gross rent

$615$983

Story City

Population

3,3773,363

Median household income

$77,656$73,558

Median home value

$145,500$205,800

Median gross rent

$736$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roland	Story City
Under 5	6.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	4.1%	3.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	15.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	13.9%
75 and over	5.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roland	Story City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roland	Story City
No high school diploma	1.4%	3.9%
High school graduate	21.7%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roland	Story City
Drove alone	84.7%	91.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roland	Story City
1-unit, detached	92.5%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Roland	Story City
Poverty rate	0.6%	13.1%
Average household size	2.14	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1958	1971