Bode vs Gilmore City

A side-by-side comparison of Bode and Gilmore City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gilmore City has the higher population (663 vs 388 in Bode). Bode has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $51,250 in Gilmore City). Gilmore City has the higher median home value ($82,700 vs $69,300 in Bode).

Population, income & housing

	Bode	Gilmore City
Population	388	663
Median age	35.9 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$51,250
Median home value	$69,300	$82,700
Median gross rent	$542	$654
Housing units	160	299
Homeownership rate	72.1%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bode	Gilmore City
Population	289 → 388 (+34.3%)	422 → 663 (+57.1%)
Median household income	$45,577 → $63,750 (+39.9%)	$36,250 → $51,250 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$61,900 → $69,300 (+12.0%)	$53,800 → $82,700 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $542 (+9.7%)	$580 → $654 (+12.8%)

Bode

Population

289388

Median household income

$45,577$63,750

Median home value

$61,900$69,300

Median gross rent

$494$542

Gilmore City

Population

422663

Median household income

$36,250$51,250

Median home value

$53,800$82,700

Median gross rent

$580$654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bode	Gilmore City
Under 5	9.8%	12.8%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	17.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	18.0%	13.9%
55 to 64	6.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	4.9%	5.6%
75 and over	4.4%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bode	Gilmore City
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bode	Gilmore City
No high school diploma	24.6%	11.2%
High school graduate	30.5%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bode	Gilmore City
Drove alone	80.1%	78.9%
Carpooled	10.9%	15.9%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	3.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bode	Gilmore City
1-unit, detached	88.8%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Bode	Gilmore City
Poverty rate	18.8%	15.7%
Average household size	2.77	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1938	1960