What is the population of Woodbine city?

Woodbine city has 1,418 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #223 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Woodbine city?

Median household income in Woodbine city is $54,167 a year, 31% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Woodbine city?

Median gross rent is $858 a month and the median home value is $141,900, so rent absorbs about 19% of median household income.

Is Woodbine city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Woodbine city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Woodbine, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Woodbine, Iowa (Woodbine, IA — Census place “Woodbine city”) is 1,418 residents, ranking #223 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $54,167, the median home is worth $141,900 and median gross rent runs $858 a month. Looking for the Woodbine Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Woodbine, IA: 51579.

Population: 1,418Woodbine city residents
Median household income: $54,167Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $141,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $858Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66.3%Owner-occupied households

Woodbine ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Woodbine.

The Woodbine IA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

51579

What the numbers mean in Woodbine city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Woodbine city median would spend about 19% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.6% of residents and 66.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Woodbine city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Woodbine city is a small town in Iowa, with 1,418 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #223 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 35.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Woodbine city earn a median of $54,167 a year, 31% below the national figure of $78,538 and 20% below the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 14.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Woodbine city is valued at $141,900, 53.2% below the national figure and 9% below the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $858 a month, 39% below the national figure, or roughly $10,296 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 66.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Woodbine city?: Woodbine city has 1,418 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #223 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Woodbine city?: Median household income in Woodbine city is $54,167 a year, 31% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Woodbine city?: Median gross rent is $858 a month and the median home value is $141,900, so rent absorbs about 19% of median household income.
Is Woodbine city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Woodbine city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Woodbine city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.