Toledo vs Traer

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

Toledo and Traer 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 1,464 in Traer). Traer has the higher median household income ($79,653 vs $56,719 in Toledo). Traer has the higher median home value ($131,900 vs $124,000 in Toledo).

Population, income & housing

	Toledo	Traer
Population	2,079	1,464
Median age	41.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,719	$79,653
Median home value	$124,000	$131,900
Median gross rent	$958	$1,016
Housing units	1,003	699
Homeownership rate	70.5%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Toledo	Traer
Population	2,303 → 2,079 (-9.7%)	1,547 → 1,464 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$39,767 → $56,719 (+42.6%)	$60,673 → $79,653 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $124,000 (+41.4%)	$118,400 → $131,900 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $958 (+26.9%)	$719 → $1,016 (+41.3%)

Toledo

Population

2,3032,079

Median household income

$39,767$56,719

Median home value

$87,700$124,000

Median gross rent

$755$958

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)

	Toledo	Traer
Under 5	5.5%	1.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.6%
18 to 24	11.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	6.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	16.7%
55 to 64	20.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.7%
75 and over	7.9%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Toledo	Traer
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	97.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Toledo	Traer
No high school diploma	7.8%	5.5%
High school graduate	47.3%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Toledo	Traer
Drove alone	83.1%	83.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	3.8%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	1.5%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Toledo	Traer
1-unit, detached	67.0%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	4.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Toledo	Traer
Poverty rate	23.6%	10.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1961	1955