Riverside vs Wellman

A side-by-side comparison of Riverside and Wellman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wellman has the higher population (1,539 vs 1,040 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($81,094 vs $56,696 in Wellman). Riverside has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $149,000 in Wellman).

Population, income & housing

	Riverside	Wellman
Population	1,040	1,539
Median age	40.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,094	$56,696
Median home value	$191,100	$149,000
Median gross rent	$800	$765
Housing units	516	682
Homeownership rate	74.0%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverside	Wellman
Population	1,115 → 1,040 (-6.7%)	1,321 → 1,539 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$62,772 → $81,094 (+29.2%)	$56,528 → $56,696 (+0.3%)
Median home value	$152,400 → $191,100 (+25.4%)	$117,400 → $149,000 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $800 (+13.5%)	$609 → $765 (+25.6%)

Riverside

Population

1,1151,040

Median household income

$62,772$81,094

Median home value

$152,400$191,100

Median gross rent

$705$800

Wellman

Population

1,3211,539

Median household income

$56,528$56,696

Median home value

$117,400$149,000

Median gross rent

$609$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverside	Wellman
Under 5	5.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.2%
25 to 34	15.9%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	8.6%
55 to 64	17.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	13.5%
75 and over	7.6%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverside	Wellman
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	94.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverside	Wellman
No high school diploma	5.5%	7.1%
High school graduate	30.1%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverside	Wellman
Drove alone	86.7%	86.9%
Carpooled	4.1%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverside	Wellman
1-unit, detached	65.3%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	13.9%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Riverside	Wellman
Poverty rate	3.8%	6.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1972	1973