Gladbrook vs Toledo

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

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

Toledo has the higher population (2,079 vs 998 in Gladbrook). Gladbrook has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $56,719 in Toledo). Toledo has the higher median home value ($124,000 vs $117,200 in Gladbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Gladbrook	Toledo
Population	998	2,079
Median age	44.5 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$56,719
Median home value	$117,200	$124,000
Median gross rent	$807	$958
Housing units	470	1,003
Homeownership rate	81.4%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladbrook	Toledo
Population	982 → 998 (+1.6%)	2,303 → 2,079 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$55,938 → $63,125 (+12.8%)	$39,767 → $56,719 (+42.6%)
Median home value	$92,200 → $117,200 (+27.1%)	$87,700 → $124,000 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $807 (+38.9%)	$755 → $958 (+26.9%)

Gladbrook

Population

982998

Median household income

$55,938$63,125

Median home value

$92,200$117,200

Median gross rent

$581$807

Toledo

Population

2,3032,079

Median household income

$39,767$56,719

Median home value

$87,700$124,000

Median gross rent

$755$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gladbrook	Toledo
Under 5	6.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.5%
18 to 24	3.4%	11.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	6.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	20.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.6%
75 and over	14.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladbrook	Toledo
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	79.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.4%
Asian	0.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladbrook	Toledo
No high school diploma	5.8%	7.8%
High school graduate	38.3%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladbrook	Toledo
Drove alone	82.2%	83.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	8.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	6.2%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladbrook	Toledo
1-unit, detached	91.9%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Gladbrook	Toledo
Poverty rate	17.0%	23.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1953	1961