Gilmore City vs Humboldt

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

Gilmore City 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 663 in Gilmore City). Humboldt has the higher median household income ($70,661 vs $51,250 in Gilmore City). Humboldt has the higher median home value ($162,600 vs $82,700 in Gilmore City).

Population, income & housing

	Gilmore City	Humboldt
Population	663	4,761
Median age	36.3 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$70,661
Median home value	$82,700	$162,600
Median gross rent	$654	$731
Housing units	299	2,214
Homeownership rate	72.3%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilmore City	Humboldt
Population	422 → 663 (+57.1%)	4,583 → 4,761 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $51,250 (+41.4%)	$54,801 → $70,661 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$53,800 → $82,700 (+53.7%)	$117,300 → $162,600 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $654 (+12.8%)	$562 → $731 (+30.1%)

Gilmore City

Population

422663

Median household income

$36,250$51,250

Median home value

$53,800$82,700

Median gross rent

$580$654

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)

	Gilmore City	Humboldt
Under 5	12.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.3%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.9%	7.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	5.6%	11.9%
75 and over	4.4%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilmore City	Humboldt
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilmore City	Humboldt
No high school diploma	11.2%	4.9%
High school graduate	36.2%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilmore City	Humboldt
Drove alone	78.9%	76.5%
Carpooled	15.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilmore City	Humboldt
1-unit, detached	81.3%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	16.8%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Gilmore City	Humboldt
Poverty rate	15.7%	14.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1960	1964