Gladbrook vs Traer

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

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

Traer has the higher population (1,464 vs 998 in Gladbrook). Traer has the higher median household income ($79,653 vs $63,125 in Gladbrook). Traer has the higher median home value ($131,900 vs $117,200 in Gladbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Gladbrook	Traer
Population	998	1,464
Median age	44.5 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$79,653
Median home value	$117,200	$131,900
Median gross rent	$807	$1,016
Housing units	470	699
Homeownership rate	81.4%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladbrook	Traer
Population	982 → 998 (+1.6%)	1,547 → 1,464 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$55,938 → $63,125 (+12.8%)	$60,673 → $79,653 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$92,200 → $117,200 (+27.1%)	$118,400 → $131,900 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $807 (+38.9%)	$719 → $1,016 (+41.3%)

Gladbrook

Population

982998

Median household income

$55,938$63,125

Median home value

$92,200$117,200

Median gross rent

$581$807

Traer

Population

1,5471,464

Median household income

$60,673$79,653

Median home value

$118,400$131,900

Median gross rent

$719$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gladbrook	Traer
Under 5	6.1%	1.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	3.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	16.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.7%
75 and over	14.3%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladbrook	Traer
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
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%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladbrook	Traer
No high school diploma	5.8%	5.5%
High school graduate	38.3%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladbrook	Traer
Drove alone	82.2%	83.8%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.2%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladbrook	Traer
1-unit, detached	91.9%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Gladbrook	Traer
Poverty rate	17.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.21	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1953	1955