Calumet vs Paullina

A side-by-side comparison of Calumet and Paullina: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paullina has the higher population (843 vs 131 in Calumet). Paullina has the higher median household income ($57,308 vs $53,125 in Calumet). Paullina has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $65,000 in Calumet).

Population, income & housing

	Calumet	Paullina
Population	131	843
Median age	32.8 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,125	$57,308
Median home value	$65,000	$118,800
Median gross rent	$475	$810
Housing units	58	488
Homeownership rate	83.6%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calumet	Paullina
Population	253 → 131 (-48.2%)	953 → 843 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $53,125 (+20.7%)	$64,125 → $57,308 (-10.6%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $65,000 (-3.7%)	$89,300 → $118,800 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$446 → $475 (+6.5%)	$680 → $810 (+19.1%)

Calumet

Population

253131

Median household income

$44,000$53,125

Median home value

$67,500$65,000

Median gross rent

$446$475

Paullina

Population

953843

Median household income

$64,125$57,308

Median home value

$89,300$118,800

Median gross rent

$680$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calumet	Paullina
Under 5	9.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	26.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	3.1%	11.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	7.5%
35 to 44	7.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	15.3%
55 to 64	6.1%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.2%
75 and over	8.4%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calumet	Paullina
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calumet	Paullina
No high school diploma	3.7%	8.7%
High school graduate	55.6%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calumet	Paullina
Drove alone	91.5%	87.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	8.5%
Other means	2.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calumet	Paullina
1-unit, detached	100.0%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Calumet	Paullina
Poverty rate	25.2%	8.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1938	1954