Sumner vs Tripoli

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

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

Sumner has the higher population (2,159 vs 1,256 in Tripoli). Tripoli has the higher median household income ($75,988 vs $56,174 in Sumner). Tripoli has the higher median home value ($116,200 vs $111,900 in Sumner).

Population, income & housing

	Sumner	Tripoli
Population	2,159	1,256
Median age	47.1 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,174	$75,988
Median home value	$111,900	$116,200
Median gross rent	$598	$888
Housing units	1,020	569
Homeownership rate	77.5%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sumner	Tripoli
Population	2,175 → 2,159 (-0.7%)	1,302 → 1,256 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$64,018 → $56,174 (-12.3%)	$57,386 → $75,988 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $111,900 (+27.2%)	$91,200 → $116,200 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $598 (-7.1%)	$555 → $888 (+60.0%)

Sumner

Population

2,1752,159

Median household income

$64,018$56,174

Median home value

$88,000$111,900

Median gross rent

$644$598

Tripoli

Population

1,3021,256

Median household income

$57,386$75,988

Median home value

$91,200$116,200

Median gross rent

$555$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sumner	Tripoli
Under 5	4.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	14.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	11.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	8.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	17.0%
55 to 64	16.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.3%
75 and over	12.6%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sumner	Tripoli
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	90.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	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%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sumner	Tripoli
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	34.2%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sumner	Tripoli
Drove alone	85.8%	82.5%
Carpooled	1.9%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.1%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sumner	Tripoli
1-unit, detached	79.5%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sumner	Tripoli
Poverty rate	11.8%	2.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1946	1957