Gilman vs Liscomb

A side-by-side comparison of Gilman and Liscomb: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gilman has the higher population (613 vs 323 in Liscomb). Gilman has the higher median household income ($96,974 vs $81,336 in Liscomb). Liscomb has the higher median home value ($94,800 vs $81,900 in Gilman).

Population, income & housing

	Gilman	Liscomb
Population	613	323
Median age	41.7 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$96,974	$81,336
Median home value	$81,900	$94,800
Median gross rent	$650	$1,025
Housing units	309	148
Homeownership rate	83.3%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilman	Liscomb
Population	509 → 613 (+20.4%)	274 → 323 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$55,625 → $96,974 (+74.3%)	$59,500 → $81,336 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $81,900 (-3.0%)	$63,800 → $94,800 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$413 → $650 (+57.4%)	$598 → $1,025 (+71.4%)

Gilman

Population

509613

Median household income

$55,625$96,974

Median home value

$84,400$81,900

Median gross rent

$413$650

Liscomb

Population

274323

Median household income

$59,500$81,336

Median home value

$63,800$94,800

Median gross rent

$598$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilman	Liscomb
Under 5	6.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	18.0%
18 to 24	11.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	6.5%	15.2%
35 to 44	16.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.7%	9.0%
55 to 64	7.5%	20.1%
65 to 74	18.1%	9.0%
75 and over	1.5%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilman	Liscomb
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilman	Liscomb
No high school diploma	4.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	45.6%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilman	Liscomb
Drove alone	74.0%	83.4%
Carpooled	18.0%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilman	Liscomb
1-unit, detached	80.6%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	20.3%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Gilman	Liscomb
Poverty rate	10.8%	5.3%
Average household size	2.22	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1954	1953