Washington vs Wellman

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

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

Washington has the higher population (7,314 vs 1,539 in Wellman). Wellman has the higher median household income ($56,696 vs $56,536 in Washington). Wellman has the higher median home value ($149,000 vs $144,500 in Washington).

Population, income & housing

	Washington	Wellman
Population	7,314	1,539
Median age	39.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,536	$56,696
Median home value	$144,500	$149,000
Median gross rent	$927	$765
Housing units	3,222	682
Homeownership rate	59.8%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Washington	Wellman
Population	7,313 → 7,314 (+0.0%)	1,321 → 1,539 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$52,697 → $56,536 (+7.3%)	$56,528 → $56,696 (+0.3%)
Median home value	$116,900 → $144,500 (+23.6%)	$117,400 → $149,000 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $927 (+16.2%)	$609 → $765 (+25.6%)

Washington

Population

7,3137,314

Median household income

$52,697$56,536

Median home value

$116,900$144,500

Median gross rent

$798$927

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)

	Washington	Wellman
Under 5	7.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	19.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	3.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.6%
55 to 64	10.5%	10.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	13.5%
75 and over	10.8%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Washington	Wellman
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	94.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Washington	Wellman
No high school diploma	6.7%	7.1%
High school graduate	38.6%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Washington	Wellman
Drove alone	76.8%	86.9%
Carpooled	8.8%	4.8%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	4.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Washington	Wellman
1-unit, detached	72.6%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	13.9%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Washington	Wellman
Poverty rate	15.0%	6.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1953	1973