Bode vs Humboldt

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

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

Humboldt has the higher population (4,761 vs 388 in Bode). Humboldt has the higher median household income ($70,661 vs $63,750 in Bode). Humboldt has the higher median home value ($162,600 vs $69,300 in Bode).

Population, income & housing

	Bode	Humboldt
Population	388	4,761
Median age	35.9 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$70,661
Median home value	$69,300	$162,600
Median gross rent	$542	$731
Housing units	160	2,214
Homeownership rate	72.1%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bode	Humboldt
Population	289 → 388 (+34.3%)	4,583 → 4,761 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$45,577 → $63,750 (+39.9%)	$54,801 → $70,661 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$61,900 → $69,300 (+12.0%)	$117,300 → $162,600 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $542 (+9.7%)	$562 → $731 (+30.1%)

Bode

Population

289388

Median household income

$45,577$63,750

Median home value

$61,900$69,300

Median gross rent

$494$542

Humboldt

Population

4,5834,761

Median household income

$54,801$70,661

Median home value

$117,300$162,600

Median gross rent

$562$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bode	Humboldt
Under 5	9.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	17.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	18.0%	7.4%
55 to 64	6.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	4.9%	11.9%
75 and over	4.4%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bode	Humboldt
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bode	Humboldt
No high school diploma	24.6%	4.9%
High school graduate	30.5%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bode	Humboldt
Drove alone	80.1%	76.5%
Carpooled	10.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	13.3%
Other means	0.9%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bode	Humboldt
1-unit, detached	88.8%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Bode	Humboldt
Poverty rate	18.8%	14.6%
Average household size	2.77	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1938	1964