Calumet vs Primghar

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

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

Primghar has the higher population (965 vs 131 in Calumet). Primghar has the higher median household income ($77,813 vs $53,125 in Calumet). Primghar has the higher median home value ($135,500 vs $65,000 in Calumet).

Population, income & housing

	Calumet	Primghar
Population	131	965
Median age	32.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,125	$77,813
Median home value	$65,000	$135,500
Median gross rent	$475	$975
Housing units	58	419
Homeownership rate	83.6%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calumet	Primghar
Population	253 → 131 (-48.2%)	882 → 965 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $53,125 (+20.7%)	$53,750 → $77,813 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $65,000 (-3.7%)	$75,600 → $135,500 (+79.2%)
Median gross rent	$446 → $475 (+6.5%)	$595 → $975 (+63.9%)

Calumet

Population

253131

Median household income

$44,000$53,125

Median home value

$67,500$65,000

Median gross rent

$446$475

Primghar

Population

882965

Median household income

$53,750$77,813

Median home value

$75,600$135,500

Median gross rent

$595$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calumet	Primghar
Under 5	9.2%	10.7%
5 to 17	26.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	3.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	6.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	7.4%
75 and over	8.4%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calumet	Primghar
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calumet	Primghar
No high school diploma	3.7%	7.2%
High school graduate	55.6%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calumet	Primghar
Drove alone	91.5%	85.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	1.7%
Other means	2.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calumet	Primghar
1-unit, detached	100.0%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Calumet	Primghar
Poverty rate	25.2%	7.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1938	1961