Ida County vs Worth County

A side-by-side comparison of Ida County and Worth County: population, income, housing, and more.

Ida County and Worth County are counties in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Worth County has the higher population (7,380 vs 6,944 in Ida County). Worth County has the higher median household income ($76,875 vs $62,841 in Ida County). Worth County has the higher median home value ($142,300 vs $108,800 in Ida County).

Population, income & housing

	Ida County	Worth County
Population	6,944	7,380
Median age	42.3 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,841	$76,875
Median home value	$108,800	$142,300
Median gross rent	$669	$703
Housing units	3,365	3,487
Homeownership rate	77.6%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ida County	Worth County
Population	6,901 → 6,944 (+0.6%)	7,445 → 7,380 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$58,427 → $62,841 (+7.6%)	$57,130 → $76,875 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$100,900 → $108,800 (+7.8%)	$106,700 → $142,300 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $669 (+25.8%)	$591 → $703 (+19.0%)

Ida County

Population

6,9016,944

Median household income

$58,427$62,841

Median home value

$100,900$108,800

Median gross rent

$532$669

Worth County

Population

7,4457,380

Median household income

$57,130$76,875

Median home value

$106,700$142,300

Median gross rent

$591$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ida County	Worth County
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.8%
75 and over	9.9%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ida County	Worth County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ida County	Worth County
No high school diploma	6.6%	5.8%
High school graduate	38.2%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ida County	Worth County
Drove alone	81.3%	76.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	11.2%
Other means	0.4%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ida County	Worth County
1-unit, detached	85.9%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Ida County	Worth County
Poverty rate	10.4%	7.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1952	1949