Humboldt vs Livermore

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

Humboldt and Livermore 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 478 in Livermore). Humboldt has the higher median household income ($70,661 vs $62,273 in Livermore). Humboldt has the higher median home value ($162,600 vs $67,700 in Livermore).

Population, income & housing

	Humboldt	Livermore
Population	4,761	478
Median age	41.1 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,661	$62,273
Median home value	$162,600	$67,700
Median gross rent	$731	$1,066
Housing units	2,214	189
Homeownership rate	68.1%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Humboldt	Livermore
Population	4,583 → 4,761 (+3.9%)	381 → 478 (+25.5%)
Median household income	$54,801 → $70,661 (+28.9%)	$47,500 → $62,273 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$117,300 → $162,600 (+38.6%)	$55,000 → $67,700 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $731 (+30.1%)	$692 → $1,066 (+54.0%)

Humboldt

Population

4,5834,761

Median household income

$54,801$70,661

Median home value

$117,300$162,600

Median gross rent

$562$731

Livermore

Population

381478

Median household income

$47,500$62,273

Median home value

$55,000$67,700

Median gross rent

$692$1,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Humboldt	Livermore
Under 5	6.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	18.1%	19.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	16.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	17.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	8.4%
45 to 54	7.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	7.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	8.4%
75 and over	13.2%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Humboldt	Livermore
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Humboldt	Livermore
No high school diploma	4.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	36.0%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Humboldt	Livermore
Drove alone	76.5%	84.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	1.1%
Other means	2.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Humboldt	Livermore
1-unit, detached	73.7%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Humboldt	Livermore
Poverty rate	14.6%	21.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1964	1944