Edgewood vs Guttenberg

A side-by-side comparison of Edgewood and Guttenberg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Guttenberg has the higher population (1,675 vs 787 in Edgewood). Edgewood has the higher median household income ($56,875 vs $49,613 in Guttenberg). Guttenberg has the higher median home value ($183,800 vs $167,000 in Edgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Guttenberg
Population	787	1,675
Median age	54.0 yrs	57.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,875	$49,613
Median home value	$167,000	$183,800
Median gross rent	$975	$799
Housing units	418	931
Homeownership rate	67.9%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Guttenberg
Population	622 → 787 (+26.5%)	1,683 → 1,675 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$53,333 → $56,875 (+6.6%)	$41,763 → $49,613 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $167,000 (+53.2%)	$150,100 → $183,800 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $975 (+95.0%)	$539 → $799 (+48.2%)

Edgewood

Population

622787

Median household income

$53,333$56,875

Median home value

$109,000$167,000

Median gross rent

$500$975

Guttenberg

Population

1,6831,675

Median household income

$41,763$49,613

Median home value

$150,100$183,800

Median gross rent

$539$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Guttenberg
Under 5	4.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	7.2%	11.2%
18 to 24	14.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	7.1%	6.7%
35 to 44	5.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	22.5%
65 to 74	16.8%	10.7%
75 and over	20.2%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Guttenberg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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	3.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Guttenberg
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.9%
High school graduate	56.8%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Guttenberg
Drove alone	76.2%	81.1%
Carpooled	1.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	4.1%
Other means	2.1%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Guttenberg
1-unit, detached	67.9%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	8.9%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Guttenberg
Poverty rate	7.4%	21.8%
Average household size	1.92	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1980	1963