Dunkerton vs Gilbertville

A side-by-side comparison of Dunkerton and Gilbertville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dunkerton has the higher population (799 vs 736 in Gilbertville). Gilbertville has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $82,969 in Dunkerton). Dunkerton has the higher median home value ($191,900 vs $187,500 in Gilbertville).

Population, income & housing

	Dunkerton	Gilbertville
Population	799	736
Median age	38.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,969	$83,750
Median home value	$191,900	$187,500
Median gross rent	$703	$815
Housing units	337	343
Homeownership rate	80.1%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunkerton	Gilbertville
Population	845 → 799 (-5.4%)	859 → 736 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$67,321 → $82,969 (+23.2%)	$61,528 → $83,750 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$152,300 → $191,900 (+26.0%)	$153,300 → $187,500 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $703 (+16.0%)	$579 → $815 (+40.8%)

Dunkerton

Population

845799

Median household income

$67,321$82,969

Median home value

$152,300$191,900

Median gross rent

$606$703

Gilbertville

Population

859736

Median household income

$61,528$83,750

Median home value

$153,300$187,500

Median gross rent

$579$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunkerton	Gilbertville
Under 5	6.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	20.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	11.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	15.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	7.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	16.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	12.2%
75 and over	7.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunkerton	Gilbertville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunkerton	Gilbertville
No high school diploma	2.0%	0.4%
High school graduate	33.1%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunkerton	Gilbertville
Drove alone	81.8%	74.5%
Carpooled	4.4%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	12.9%
Other means	0.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunkerton	Gilbertville
1-unit, detached	86.4%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Dunkerton	Gilbertville
Poverty rate	6.0%	4.2%
Average household size	2.60	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1976	1974