Chelsea vs Vining

A side-by-side comparison of Chelsea and Vining: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chelsea has the higher population (342 vs 66 in Vining). Vining has the higher median household income ($74,583 vs $32,188 in Chelsea). Vining has the higher median home value ($82,900 vs $43,100 in Chelsea).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea	Vining
Population	342	66
Median age	35.5 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$32,188	$74,583
Median home value	$43,100	$82,900
Median gross rent	$681	—
Housing units	155	27
Homeownership rate	94.5%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea	Vining
Population	272 → 342 (+25.7%)	64 → 66 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $32,188 (-34.0%)	$58,750 → $74,583 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$38,000 → $43,100 (+13.4%)	$66,000 → $82,900 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $681 (+1.9%)	—

Chelsea

Population

272342

Median household income

$48,750$32,188

Median home value

$38,000$43,100

Median gross rent

$668$681

Vining

Population

6466

Median household income

$58,750$74,583

Median home value

$66,000$82,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelsea	Vining
Under 5	3.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	28.9%	7.6%
18 to 24	2.0%	19.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	33.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	3.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	8.2%	9.1%
65 to 74	4.1%	19.7%
75 and over	3.2%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea	Vining
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	7.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	29.8%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea	Vining
No high school diploma	30.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	44.4%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea	Vining
Drove alone	70.2%	89.7%
Carpooled	20.7%	10.3%
Public transit	4.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea	Vining
1-unit, detached	96.8%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea	Vining
Poverty rate	35.7%	4.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	42	29
Median year structure built	1938	1938