Carlisle vs Cumming

A side-by-side comparison of Carlisle and Cumming: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carlisle has the higher population (4,187 vs 558 in Cumming). Cumming has the higher median household income ($160,357 vs $98,333 in Carlisle). Cumming has the higher median home value ($486,400 vs $208,100 in Carlisle).

Population, income & housing

	Carlisle	Cumming
Population	4,187	558
Median age	37.0 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$98,333	$160,357
Median home value	$208,100	$486,400
Median gross rent	$896	$1,406
Housing units	1,620	207
Homeownership rate	84.5%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlisle	Cumming
Population	4,162 → 4,187 (+0.6%)	392 → 558 (+42.3%)
Median household income	$73,380 → $98,333 (+34.0%)	$103,750 → $160,357 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$148,900 → $208,100 (+39.8%)	$354,700 → $486,400 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $896 (+15.0%)	$950 → $1,406 (+48.0%)

Carlisle

Population

4,1624,187

Median household income

$73,380$98,333

Median home value

$148,900$208,100

Median gross rent

$779$896

Cumming

Population

392558

Median household income

$103,750$160,357

Median home value

$354,700$486,400

Median gross rent

$950$1,406

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlisle	Cumming
Under 5	7.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.3%	21.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	5.4%
35 to 44	14.6%	15.2%
45 to 54	16.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.3%	16.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	14.2%
75 and over	5.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlisle	Cumming
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlisle	Cumming
No high school diploma	6.5%	1.1%
High school graduate	33.8%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	43.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlisle	Cumming
Drove alone	77.3%	72.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	21.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlisle	Cumming
1-unit, detached	80.5%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Carlisle	Cumming
Poverty rate	4.0%	2.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1973	2001