Arcadia vs Glidden

A side-by-side comparison of Arcadia and Glidden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glidden has the higher population (1,153 vs 859 in Arcadia). Glidden has the higher median household income ($73,393 vs $69,408 in Arcadia). Glidden has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $139,500 in Arcadia).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Glidden
Population	859	1,153
Median age	22.8 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,408	$73,393
Median home value	$139,500	$159,700
Median gross rent	$816	$531
Housing units	271	496
Homeownership rate	63.5%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Glidden
Population	507 → 859 (+69.4%)	1,131 → 1,153 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $69,408 (+8.9%)	$65,625 → $73,393 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$113,500 → $139,500 (+22.9%)	$108,800 → $159,700 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $816 (+53.1%)	$606 → $531 (-12.4%)

Arcadia

Population

507859

Median household income

$63,750$69,408

Median home value

$113,500$139,500

Median gross rent

$533$816

Glidden

Population

1,1311,153

Median household income

$65,625$73,393

Median home value

$108,800$159,700

Median gross rent

$606$531

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Glidden
Under 5	13.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	10.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	38.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	5.7%	9.6%
35 to 44	7.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	3.8%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	3.8%	10.6%
75 and over	2.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Glidden
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	93.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	14.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Glidden
No high school diploma	2.8%	6.6%
High school graduate	44.9%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Glidden
Drove alone	86.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	10.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Glidden
1-unit, detached	93.7%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Glidden
Poverty rate	3.5%	11.6%
Average household size	3.27	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	13	17
Median year structure built	1978	1954