Guthrie Center vs Stuart

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

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

Stuart has the higher population (1,642 vs 1,603 in Guthrie Center). Guthrie Center has the higher median household income ($67,679 vs $62,500 in Stuart). Stuart has the higher median home value ($152,300 vs $117,100 in Guthrie Center).

Population, income & housing

	Guthrie Center	Stuart
Population	1,603	1,642
Median age	36.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,679	$62,500
Median home value	$117,100	$152,300
Median gross rent	$839	$768
Housing units	762	745
Homeownership rate	75.8%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guthrie Center	Stuart
Population	1,678 → 1,603 (-4.5%)	1,573 → 1,642 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$50,598 → $67,679 (+33.8%)	$49,605 → $62,500 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$83,100 → $117,100 (+40.9%)	$96,000 → $152,300 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $839 (+24.9%)	$617 → $768 (+24.5%)

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

Stuart

Population

1,5731,642

Median household income

$49,605$62,500

Median home value

$96,000$152,300

Median gross rent

$617$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guthrie Center	Stuart
Under 5	9.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	19.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	7.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	9.6%	9.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.2%
75 and over	12.5%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guthrie Center	Stuart
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guthrie Center	Stuart
No high school diploma	9.3%	11.4%
High school graduate	29.1%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guthrie Center	Stuart
Drove alone	75.3%	69.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.1%
Worked from home	7.9%	12.0%
Other means	1.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guthrie Center	Stuart
1-unit, detached	85.3%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Guthrie Center	Stuart
Poverty rate	15.5%	17.2%
Average household size	2.23	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1946	1972