Belmond vs Woolstock

A side-by-side comparison of Belmond and Woolstock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belmond has the higher population (2,678 vs 183 in Woolstock). Woolstock has the higher median household income ($87,857 vs $58,750 in Belmond). Belmond has the higher median home value ($110,800 vs $84,500 in Woolstock).

Population, income & housing

	Belmond	Woolstock
Population	2,678	183
Median age	38.7 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$87,857
Median home value	$110,800	$84,500
Median gross rent	$820	$813
Housing units	1,170	92
Homeownership rate	78.8%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	13.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmond	Woolstock
Population	2,466 → 2,678 (+8.6%)	232 → 183 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $58,750 (+6.8%)	$68,750 → $87,857 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $110,800 (+30.4%)	$73,300 → $84,500 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $820 (+37.8%)	$622 → $813 (+30.7%)

Belmond

Population

2,4662,678

Median household income

$55,000$58,750

Median home value

$85,000$110,800

Median gross rent

$595$820

Woolstock

Population

232183

Median household income

$68,750$87,857

Median home value

$73,300$84,500

Median gross rent

$622$813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmond	Woolstock
Under 5	6.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	25.1%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.2%	15.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	6.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.5%
75 and over	14.6%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmond	Woolstock
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmond	Woolstock
No high school diploma	3.7%	9.2%
High school graduate	32.1%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmond	Woolstock
Drove alone	84.2%	75.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	2.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmond	Woolstock
1-unit, detached	84.8%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmond	Woolstock
Poverty rate	17.6%	5.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1965	1946