Humboldt vs Thor

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

Humboldt and Thor 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 276 in Thor). Humboldt has the higher median household income ($70,661 vs $56,250 in Thor). Since 2019, Thor's population has grown faster (+32.7% vs +3.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Humboldt	Thor
Population	4,761	276
Median age	41.1 yrs	28.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,661	$56,250
Median home value	$162,600	—
Median gross rent	$731	$979
Housing units	2,214	147
Homeownership rate	68.1%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Humboldt	Thor
Population	4,583 → 4,761 (+3.9%)	208 → 276 (+32.7%)
Median household income	$54,801 → $70,661 (+28.9%)	$55,577 → $56,250 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$117,300 → $162,600 (+38.6%)	$69,000 → $80,700 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $731 (+30.1%)	$489 → $979 (+100.2%)

Humboldt

Population

4,5834,761

Median household income

$54,801$70,661

Median home value

$117,300$162,600

Median gross rent

$562$731

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)

	Humboldt	Thor
Under 5	6.0%	11.6%
5 to 17	18.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	19.2%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	8.3%
45 to 54	7.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	9.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	5.8%
75 and over	13.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Humboldt	Thor
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Humboldt	Thor
No high school diploma	4.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	36.0%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Humboldt	Thor
Drove alone	76.5%	81.4%
Carpooled	7.1%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	4.9%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	0.0%
Other means	2.5%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Humboldt	Thor
1-unit, detached	73.7%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Humboldt	Thor
Poverty rate	14.6%	44.6%
Average household size	2.19	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	16	30
Median year structure built	1964	1938