Tabor vs Thurman

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

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

Tabor has the higher population (908 vs 197 in Thurman). Thurman has the higher median household income ($88,500 vs $68,277 in Tabor). Tabor has the higher median home value ($189,800 vs $103,100 in Thurman).

Population, income & housing

	Tabor	Thurman
Population	908	197
Median age	56.2 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,277	$88,500
Median home value	$189,800	$103,100
Median gross rent	$1,006	$1,322
Housing units	397	60
Homeownership rate	86.0%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tabor	Thurman
Population	1,257 → 908 (-27.8%)	137 → 197 (+43.8%)
Median household income	$62,500 → $68,277 (+9.2%)	$51,250 → $88,500 (+72.7%)
Median home value	$115,300 → $189,800 (+64.6%)	$80,000 → $103,100 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $1,006 (+43.7%)	$733 → $1,322 (+80.4%)

Tabor

Population

1,257908

Median household income

$62,500$68,277

Median home value

$115,300$189,800

Median gross rent

$700$1,006

Thurman

Population

137197

Median household income

$51,250$88,500

Median home value

$80,000$103,100

Median gross rent

$733$1,322

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tabor	Thurman
Under 5	5.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	29.4%
18 to 24	4.1%	3.0%
25 to 34	5.8%	7.1%
35 to 44	7.8%	4.6%
45 to 54	7.5%	23.4%
55 to 64	21.7%	19.3%
65 to 74	20.4%	5.6%
75 and over	9.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tabor	Thurman
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tabor	Thurman
No high school diploma	5.0%	8.7%
High school graduate	39.1%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tabor	Thurman
Drove alone	73.8%	83.0%
Carpooled	8.6%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tabor	Thurman
1-unit, detached	92.4%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Tabor	Thurman
Poverty rate	5.3%	6.6%
Average household size	2.44	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1957	1970