Luther vs Madrid

A side-by-side comparison of Luther and Madrid: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Madrid has the higher population (2,803 vs 130 in Luther). Madrid has the higher median household income ($86,915 vs $86,667 in Luther). Madrid has the higher median home value ($185,100 vs $183,000 in Luther).

Population, income & housing

	Luther	Madrid
Population	130	2,803
Median age	54.6 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,667	$86,915
Median home value	$183,000	$185,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,034
Housing units	62	1,217
Homeownership rate	86.5%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Luther	Madrid
Population	181 → 130 (-28.2%)	2,578 → 2,803 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$82,614 → $86,667 (+4.9%)	$63,895 → $86,915 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$127,500 → $183,000 (+43.5%)	$135,700 → $185,100 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$756 → $1,034 (+36.8%)

Luther

Population

181130

Median household income

$82,614$86,667

Median home value

$127,500$183,000

Madrid

Population

2,5782,803

Median household income

$63,895$86,915

Median home value

$135,700$185,100

Median gross rent

$756$1,034

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Luther	Madrid
Under 5	5.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	10.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	1.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	16.3%
35 to 44	6.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	17.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	17.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	17.7%	10.0%
75 and over	11.5%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Luther	Madrid
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Luther	Madrid
No high school diploma	1.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	40.2%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Luther	Madrid
Drove alone	84.1%	74.0%
Carpooled	11.6%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	4.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Luther	Madrid
1-unit, detached	93.5%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Luther	Madrid
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1938	1959