Primghar vs Sutherland

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

Primghar and Sutherland 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 570 in Sutherland). Primghar has the higher median household income ($77,813 vs $53,393 in Sutherland). Primghar has the higher median home value ($135,500 vs $86,900 in Sutherland).

Population, income & housing

	Primghar	Sutherland
Population	965	570
Median age	37.3 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,813	$53,393
Median home value	$135,500	$86,900
Median gross rent	$975	$591
Housing units	419	304
Homeownership rate	85.0%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Primghar	Sutherland
Population	882 → 965 (+9.4%)	568 → 570 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $77,813 (+44.8%)	$50,197 → $53,393 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$75,600 → $135,500 (+79.2%)	$57,100 → $86,900 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $975 (+63.9%)	$585 → $591 (+1.0%)

Primghar

Population

882965

Median household income

$53,750$77,813

Median home value

$75,600$135,500

Median gross rent

$595$975

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)

	Primghar	Sutherland
Under 5	10.7%	1.8%
5 to 17	16.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	8.9%
35 to 44	8.3%	6.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	15.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	16.5%
75 and over	11.7%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Primghar	Sutherland
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	92.6%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Primghar	Sutherland
No high school diploma	7.2%	8.0%
High school graduate	33.0%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Primghar	Sutherland
Drove alone	85.3%	84.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	1.7%	1.7%
Other means	0.5%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Primghar	Sutherland
1-unit, detached	86.4%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Primghar	Sutherland
Poverty rate	7.2%	12.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1961	1938