Bayard vs Guthrie Center

A side-by-side comparison of Bayard and Guthrie Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Guthrie Center has the higher population (1,603 vs 399 in Bayard). Guthrie Center has the higher median household income ($67,679 vs $43,750 in Bayard). Guthrie Center has the higher median home value ($117,100 vs $57,700 in Bayard).

Population, income & housing

	Bayard	Guthrie Center
Population	399	1,603
Median age	39.1 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$67,679
Median home value	$57,700	$117,100
Median gross rent	$917	$839
Housing units	207	762
Homeownership rate	78.1%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayard	Guthrie Center
Population	399 → 399 (+0.0%)	1,678 → 1,603 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$41,316 → $43,750 (+5.9%)	$50,598 → $67,679 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$40,300 → $57,700 (+43.2%)	$83,100 → $117,100 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $917 (+40.9%)	$672 → $839 (+24.9%)

Bayard

Population

399399

Median household income

$41,316$43,750

Median home value

$40,300$57,700

Median gross rent

$651$917

Guthrie Center

Population

1,6781,603

Median household income

$50,598$67,679

Median home value

$83,100$117,100

Median gross rent

$672$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayard	Guthrie Center
Under 5	3.5%	9.0%
5 to 17	22.1%	14.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	19.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	7.2%
45 to 54	6.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	9.6%
65 to 74	22.1%	8.4%
75 and over	3.5%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayard	Guthrie Center
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	88.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayard	Guthrie Center
No high school diploma	4.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	54.5%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayard	Guthrie Center
Drove alone	85.0%	75.3%
Carpooled	11.6%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	7.9%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayard	Guthrie Center
1-unit, detached	85.5%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Bayard	Guthrie Center
Poverty rate	31.5%	15.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	32	19
Median year structure built	1942	1946