Calumet vs Sutherland

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

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

Sutherland has the higher population (570 vs 131 in Calumet). Sutherland has the higher median household income ($53,393 vs $53,125 in Calumet). Sutherland has the higher median home value ($86,900 vs $65,000 in Calumet).

Population, income & housing

	Calumet	Sutherland
Population	131	570
Median age	32.8 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,125	$53,393
Median home value	$65,000	$86,900
Median gross rent	$475	$591
Housing units	58	304
Homeownership rate	83.6%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calumet	Sutherland
Population	253 → 131 (-48.2%)	568 → 570 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $53,125 (+20.7%)	$50,197 → $53,393 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $65,000 (-3.7%)	$57,100 → $86,900 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$446 → $475 (+6.5%)	$585 → $591 (+1.0%)

Calumet

Population

253131

Median household income

$44,000$53,125

Median home value

$67,500$65,000

Median gross rent

$446$475

Sutherland

Population

568570

Median household income

$50,197$53,393

Median home value

$57,100$86,900

Median gross rent

$585$591

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calumet	Sutherland
Under 5	9.2%	1.8%
5 to 17	26.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	3.1%	4.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	8.9%
35 to 44	7.6%	6.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	15.8%
55 to 64	6.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	16.5%
75 and over	8.4%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calumet	Sutherland
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.6%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calumet	Sutherland
No high school diploma	3.7%	8.0%
High school graduate	55.6%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calumet	Sutherland
Drove alone	91.5%	84.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	4.3%	1.7%
Other means	2.1%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calumet	Sutherland
1-unit, detached	100.0%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Calumet	Sutherland
Poverty rate	25.2%	12.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938