Hubbard vs Steamboat Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Hubbard and Steamboat Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hubbard has the higher population (757 vs 235 in Steamboat Rock). Hubbard has the higher median household income ($68,690 vs $44,583 in Steamboat Rock). Hubbard has the higher median home value ($96,100 vs $78,300 in Steamboat Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Hubbard	Steamboat Rock
Population	757	235
Median age	54.3 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,690	$44,583
Median home value	$96,100	$78,300
Median gross rent	$638	$755
Housing units	379	152
Homeownership rate	84.9%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hubbard	Steamboat Rock
Population	761 → 757 (-0.5%)	283 → 235 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$62,596 → $68,690 (+9.7%)	$43,333 → $44,583 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $96,100 (+20.6%)	$66,500 → $78,300 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $638 (+11.0%)	$584 → $755 (+29.3%)

Hubbard

Population

761757

Median household income

$62,596$68,690

Median home value

$79,700$96,100

Median gross rent

$575$638

Steamboat Rock

Population

283235

Median household income

$43,333$44,583

Median home value

$66,500$78,300

Median gross rent

$584$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hubbard	Steamboat Rock
Under 5	2.6%	1.7%
5 to 17	12.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	6.7%	10.2%
35 to 44	8.9%	6.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.3%
55 to 64	20.2%	18.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.2%
75 and over	19.2%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hubbard	Steamboat Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	95.7%
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	1.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hubbard	Steamboat Rock
No high school diploma	2.6%	1.1%
High school graduate	40.4%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hubbard	Steamboat Rock
Drove alone	79.9%	60.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	10.3%
Other means	1.7%	14.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hubbard	Steamboat Rock
1-unit, detached	88.7%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hubbard	Steamboat Rock
Poverty rate	4.2%	7.7%
Average household size	2.02	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1953	1938