Chelsea vs Gladbrook

A side-by-side comparison of Chelsea and Gladbrook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gladbrook has the higher population (998 vs 342 in Chelsea). Gladbrook has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $32,188 in Chelsea). Gladbrook has the higher median home value ($117,200 vs $43,100 in Chelsea).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea	Gladbrook
Population	342	998
Median age	35.5 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$32,188	$63,125
Median home value	$43,100	$117,200
Median gross rent	$681	$807
Housing units	155	470
Homeownership rate	94.5%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea	Gladbrook
Population	272 → 342 (+25.7%)	982 → 998 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $32,188 (-34.0%)	$55,938 → $63,125 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$38,000 → $43,100 (+13.4%)	$92,200 → $117,200 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $681 (+1.9%)	$581 → $807 (+38.9%)

Chelsea

Population

272342

Median household income

$48,750$32,188

Median home value

$38,000$43,100

Median gross rent

$668$681

Gladbrook

Population

982998

Median household income

$55,938$63,125

Median home value

$92,200$117,200

Median gross rent

$581$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelsea	Gladbrook
Under 5	3.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	28.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	2.0%	3.4%
25 to 34	13.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	33.0%	9.6%
45 to 54	3.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	8.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	4.1%	11.4%
75 and over	3.2%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea	Gladbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	29.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea	Gladbrook
No high school diploma	30.9%	5.8%
High school graduate	44.4%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea	Gladbrook
Drove alone	70.2%	82.2%
Carpooled	20.7%	6.6%
Public transit	4.1%	0.7%
Walked	0.8%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea	Gladbrook
1-unit, detached	96.8%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea	Gladbrook
Poverty rate	35.7%	17.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	42	28
Median year structure built	1938	1953