Denver vs Sumner

A side-by-side comparison of Denver and Sumner: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Denver has the higher population (2,216 vs 2,159 in Sumner). Denver has the higher median household income ($90,156 vs $56,174 in Sumner). Denver has the higher median home value ($221,100 vs $111,900 in Sumner).

Population, income & housing

	Denver	Sumner
Population	2,216	2,159
Median age	36.4 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,156	$56,174
Median home value	$221,100	$111,900
Median gross rent	$788	$598
Housing units	869	1,020
Homeownership rate	84.0%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denver	Sumner
Population	1,726 → 2,216 (+28.4%)	2,175 → 2,159 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$67,228 → $90,156 (+34.1%)	$64,018 → $56,174 (-12.3%)
Median home value	$162,800 → $221,100 (+35.8%)	$88,000 → $111,900 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $788 (+34.0%)	$644 → $598 (-7.1%)

Denver

Population

1,7262,216

Median household income

$67,228$90,156

Median home value

$162,800$221,100

Median gross rent

$588$788

Sumner

Population

2,1752,159

Median household income

$64,018$56,174

Median home value

$88,000$111,900

Median gross rent

$644$598

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denver	Sumner
Under 5	7.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	25.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	4.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	7.2%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.5%
75 and over	7.1%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denver	Sumner
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denver	Sumner
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.5%
High school graduate	22.9%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denver	Sumner
Drove alone	84.9%	85.8%
Carpooled	1.6%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	6.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denver	Sumner
1-unit, detached	82.3%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	2.9%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Denver	Sumner
Poverty rate	4.9%	11.8%
Average household size	2.74	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1975	1946