Gilbert vs Story City

A side-by-side comparison of Gilbert and Story City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Story City has the higher population (3,363 vs 1,300 in Gilbert). Gilbert has the higher median household income ($112,250 vs $73,558 in Story City). Gilbert has the higher median home value ($267,200 vs $205,800 in Story City).

Population, income & housing

	Gilbert	Story City
Population	1,300	3,363
Median age	42.3 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$112,250	$73,558
Median home value	$267,200	$205,800
Median gross rent	$887	$956
Housing units	521	1,610
Homeownership rate	86.6%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilbert	Story City
Population	1,013 → 1,300 (+28.3%)	3,377 → 3,363 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$88,333 → $112,250 (+27.1%)	$77,656 → $73,558 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$206,400 → $267,200 (+29.5%)	$145,500 → $205,800 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $887 (+24.9%)	$736 → $956 (+29.9%)

Gilbert

Population

1,0131,300

Median household income

$88,333$112,250

Median home value

$206,400$267,200

Median gross rent

$710$887

Story City

Population

3,3773,363

Median household income

$77,656$73,558

Median home value

$145,500$205,800

Median gross rent

$736$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilbert	Story City
Under 5	6.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	20.1%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	17.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	13.9%
75 and over	3.2%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilbert	Story City
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.2%
Asian	3.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilbert	Story City
No high school diploma	1.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	17.8%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilbert	Story City
Drove alone	84.4%	91.3%
Carpooled	5.6%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilbert	Story City
1-unit, detached	86.9%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Gilbert	Story City
Poverty rate	5.0%	13.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1980	1971