Bertram vs Palo

A side-by-side comparison of Bertram and Palo: population, income, housing, and more.

Bertram and Palo are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Palo has the higher population (1,173 vs 222 in Bertram). Palo has the higher median household income ($103,646 vs $100,000 in Bertram). Palo has the higher median home value ($274,200 vs $273,300 in Bertram).

Population, income & housing

	Bertram	Palo
Population	222	1,173
Median age	56.6 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$100,000	$103,646
Median home value	$273,300	$274,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,063
Housing units	97	409
Homeownership rate	95.7%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bertram	Palo
Population	414 → 222 (-46.4%)	1,044 → 1,173 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$95,625 → $100,000 (+4.6%)	$76,944 → $103,646 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$213,100 → $273,300 (+28.2%)	$191,900 → $274,200 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,006 → $1,063 (+5.7%)

Bertram

Population

414222

Median household income

$95,625$100,000

Median home value

$213,100$273,300

Palo

Population

1,0441,173

Median household income

$76,944$103,646

Median home value

$191,900$274,200

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bertram	Palo
Under 5	4.1%	10.7%
5 to 17	9.9%	22.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	3.6%
25 to 34	0.9%	16.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	16.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.8%
55 to 64	17.1%	6.9%
65 to 74	23.4%	4.4%
75 and over	11.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bertram	Palo
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bertram	Palo
No high school diploma	1.7%	1.4%
High school graduate	24.9%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bertram	Palo
Drove alone	79.3%	79.6%
Carpooled	2.6%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	13.6%
Other means	2.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bertram	Palo
1-unit, detached	97.9%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bertram	Palo
Poverty rate	2.7%	3.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1982	2005