Hamburg vs Tabor

A side-by-side comparison of Hamburg and Tabor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hamburg has the higher population (1,034 vs 908 in Tabor). Tabor has the higher median household income ($68,277 vs $57,727 in Hamburg). Tabor has the higher median home value ($189,800 vs $107,300 in Hamburg).

Population, income & housing

	Hamburg	Tabor
Population	1,034	908
Median age	41.9 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,727	$68,277
Median home value	$107,300	$189,800
Median gross rent	$717	$1,006
Housing units	596	397
Homeownership rate	76.9%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamburg	Tabor
Population	1,214 → 1,034 (-14.8%)	1,257 → 908 (-27.8%)
Median household income	$40,980 → $57,727 (+40.9%)	$62,500 → $68,277 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $107,300 (+61.6%)	$115,300 → $189,800 (+64.6%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $717 (+23.0%)	$700 → $1,006 (+43.7%)

Hamburg

Population

1,2141,034

Median household income

$40,980$57,727

Median home value

$66,400$107,300

Median gross rent

$583$717

Tabor

Population

1,257908

Median household income

$62,500$68,277

Median home value

$115,300$189,800

Median gross rent

$700$1,006

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hamburg	Tabor
Under 5	1.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	22.5%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	5.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	7.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	7.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	21.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	20.4%
75 and over	11.1%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamburg	Tabor
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamburg	Tabor
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	40.9%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamburg	Tabor
Drove alone	81.8%	73.8%
Carpooled	13.3%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamburg	Tabor
1-unit, detached	91.8%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Hamburg	Tabor
Poverty rate	8.5%	5.3%
Average household size	2.14	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1946	1957