Gilmore City vs Renwick

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

Gilmore City and Renwick 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 253 in Renwick). Renwick has the higher median household income ($54,375 vs $51,250 in Gilmore City). Gilmore City has the higher median home value ($82,700 vs $80,800 in Renwick).

Population, income & housing

	Gilmore City	Renwick
Population	663	253
Median age	36.3 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$54,375
Median home value	$82,700	$80,800
Median gross rent	$654	$696
Housing units	299	178
Homeownership rate	72.3%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilmore City	Renwick
Population	422 → 663 (+57.1%)	274 → 253 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $51,250 (+41.4%)	$44,688 → $54,375 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$53,800 → $82,700 (+53.7%)	$48,500 → $80,800 (+66.6%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $654 (+12.8%)	$575 → $696 (+21.0%)

Gilmore City

Population

422663

Median household income

$36,250$51,250

Median home value

$53,800$82,700

Median gross rent

$580$654

Renwick

Population

274253

Median household income

$44,688$54,375

Median home value

$48,500$80,800

Median gross rent

$575$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilmore City	Renwick
Under 5	12.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	8.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	13.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	5.9%
45 to 54	13.9%	24.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.4%
65 to 74	5.6%	5.9%
75 and over	4.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilmore City	Renwick
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	75.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	5.1%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilmore City	Renwick
No high school diploma	11.2%	8.8%
High school graduate	36.2%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilmore City	Renwick
Drove alone	78.9%	82.2%
Carpooled	15.9%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilmore City	Renwick
1-unit, detached	81.3%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Gilmore City	Renwick
Poverty rate	15.7%	13.4%
Average household size	2.35	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1960	1950