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Ralston city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Ralston city is a Census city of 61 people across 1.97 square miles of land, lying across Carroll County and Greene County. Median household income is $62,917, 84.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Ralston
What Ralston is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.97 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land31 plus or minus 14
- County holding the largest share of its areaCarroll County, 50.4 percent
- Counties this place lies inCarroll County 50.4 percent, Greene County 49.6 percent
Ralston city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ralston
How many people live in Ralston
- Population61 plus or minus 27
- Median age38.8 plus or minus 22.3
- Population under 1817 plus or minus 17
- Share under 1827.9 percent plus or minus 25.8
- Population 65 and over16 plus or minus 13
- Share 65 and over26.2 percent plus or minus 17.2
- Households25 plus or minus 9
- Family households21 plus or minus 9
- Share of households that are families84.0 percent plus or minus 19.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ralston
Income and work in Ralston
- Median household income$62,917 plus or minus $34,029
- Per capita income$26,792 plus or minus $10,944
- Civilian labor force24 plus or minus 15
- Employed22 plus or minus 15
- Unemployed2 plus or minus 3
- Unemployment rate8.3 percent plus or minus 11.4
- Adults 25 and over42 plus or minus 18
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher100.0 percent plus or minus 22.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher4.8 percent plus or minus 24.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ralston
Housing in Ralston
- Housing units29 plus or minus 10
- Occupied units25 plus or minus 9
- Vacant units4 plus or minus 7
- Vacancy rate13.8 percent plus or minus 23.7
- Owner occupied21 plus or minus 9
- Renter occupied4 plus or minus 6
- Ownership rate84.0 percent plus or minus 19.5
- Median owner-occupied home value$83,000 plus or minus $31,506
- Single family units27 plus or minus 13
- Share single family93.1 percent plus or minus 33.5
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes2 plus or minus 3
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ralston
How Ralston gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute21 plus or minus 15
- Commuting under 15 minutes6 plus or minus 13
- Share commuting under 15 minutes28.6 percent plus or minus 57.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3 plus or minus 12
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more14.3 percent plus or minus 55.4
- Drove alone86.4 percent
- Carpooled9.1 percent plus or minus 26.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home4.5 percent plus or minus 8.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carroll County, not Ralston
Carroll County context, not Ralston figures
These are Carroll County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ralston measurements.
- Establishments in Carroll County827
- Employment at those establishments, Carroll County10,168
- Covered employment, Carroll County10,978
- Average annual pay, Carroll County$50,662
- Average weekly wage, Carroll County$974
- Housing units permitted, Carroll County34
- Of those, single family, Carroll County29
- County product, 2024, Carroll County$1,837,302,000
- County product change over the prior year, Carroll County4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Carroll County$51,911
Every figure in this section is published for Carroll County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ralston. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Ralston questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ralston, Iowa?
61, in 25 households. Ralston city covers 1.97 square miles of land, which is 31 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ralston in?
Ralston lies in more than one. By area it is 50.4 percent in Carroll County, 49.6 percent in Greene County. This page sits under Carroll County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Ralston?
$62,917. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $83,000. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Ralston figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Carroll County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Ralston.
Is zoning published for Ralston?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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