Guthrie Center vs Panora

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

Guthrie Center and Panora 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 1,520 in Panora). Guthrie Center has the higher median household income ($67,679 vs $65,500 in Panora). Panora has the higher median home value ($164,500 vs $117,100 in Guthrie Center).

Population, income & housing

	Guthrie Center	Panora
Population	1,603	1,520
Median age	36.0 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,679	$65,500
Median home value	$117,100	$164,500
Median gross rent	$839	$965
Housing units	762	680
Homeownership rate	75.8%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guthrie Center	Panora
Population	1,678 → 1,603 (-4.5%)	1,228 → 1,520 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$50,598 → $67,679 (+33.8%)	$56,974 → $65,500 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$83,100 → $117,100 (+40.9%)	$118,200 → $164,500 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $839 (+24.9%)	$832 → $965 (+16.0%)

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

Panora

Population

1,2281,520

Median household income

$56,974$65,500

Median home value

$118,200$164,500

Median gross rent

$832$965

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guthrie Center	Panora
Under 5	9.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	21.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	19.0%	7.9%
35 to 44	7.2%	17.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	7.0%
55 to 64	9.6%	9.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	12.4%
75 and over	12.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guthrie Center	Panora
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guthrie Center	Panora
No high school diploma	9.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	29.1%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guthrie Center	Panora
Drove alone	75.3%	65.0%
Carpooled	9.9%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	19.3%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guthrie Center	Panora
1-unit, detached	85.3%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Guthrie Center	Panora
Poverty rate	15.5%	9.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1946	1956