Goldfield vs Woolstock

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

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

Goldfield has the higher population (616 vs 183 in Woolstock). Woolstock has the higher median household income ($87,857 vs $54,500 in Goldfield). Goldfield has the higher median home value ($87,800 vs $84,500 in Woolstock).

Population, income & housing

	Goldfield	Woolstock
Population	616	183
Median age	45.4 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,500	$87,857
Median home value	$87,800	$84,500
Median gross rent	$535	$813
Housing units	320	92
Homeownership rate	80.9%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goldfield	Woolstock
Population	672 → 616 (-8.3%)	232 → 183 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$51,607 → $54,500 (+5.6%)	$68,750 → $87,857 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$62,800 → $87,800 (+39.8%)	$73,300 → $84,500 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $535 (-8.2%)	$622 → $813 (+30.7%)

Goldfield

Population

672616

Median household income

$51,607$54,500

Median home value

$62,800$87,800

Median gross rent

$583$535

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)

	Goldfield	Woolstock
Under 5	1.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	17.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	8.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	23.5%	11.5%
75 and over	3.7%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goldfield	Woolstock
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	3.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goldfield	Woolstock
No high school diploma	9.6%	9.2%
High school graduate	32.0%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goldfield	Woolstock
Drove alone	83.6%	75.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	2.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goldfield	Woolstock
1-unit, detached	86.3%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Goldfield	Woolstock
Poverty rate	13.1%	5.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1941	1946