Gilmore City vs Thor

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

Gilmore City and Thor 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 276 in Thor). Thor has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $51,250 in Gilmore City). Since 2019, Gilmore City's population has grown faster (+57.1% vs +32.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Gilmore City	Thor
Population	663	276
Median age	36.3 yrs	28.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$56,250
Median home value	$82,700	—
Median gross rent	$654	$979
Housing units	299	147
Homeownership rate	72.3%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilmore City	Thor
Population	422 → 663 (+57.1%)	208 → 276 (+32.7%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $51,250 (+41.4%)	$55,577 → $56,250 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$53,800 → $82,700 (+53.7%)	$69,000 → $80,700 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $654 (+12.8%)	$489 → $979 (+100.2%)

Gilmore City

Population

422663

Median household income

$36,250$51,250

Median home value

$53,800$82,700

Median gross rent

$580$654

Thor

Population

208276

Median household income

$55,577$56,250

Median home value

$69,000$80,700

Median gross rent

$489$979

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilmore City	Thor
Under 5	12.8%	11.6%
5 to 17	18.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	19.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	8.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	9.8%
65 to 74	5.6%	5.8%
75 and over	4.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilmore City	Thor
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	77.2%
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%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilmore City	Thor
No high school diploma	11.2%	8.7%
High school graduate	36.2%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilmore City	Thor
Drove alone	78.9%	81.4%
Carpooled	15.9%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	4.9%
Walked	1.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilmore City	Thor
1-unit, detached	81.3%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Gilmore City	Thor
Poverty rate	15.7%	44.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	17	30
Median year structure built	1960	1938