Humeston vs Promise City

A side-by-side comparison of Humeston and Promise City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Humeston has the higher population (505 vs 86 in Promise City). Humeston has the higher median household income ($52,446 vs $41,406 in Promise City). Humeston has the higher median home value ($65,000 vs $52,800 in Promise City).

Population, income & housing

	Humeston	Promise City
Population	505	86
Median age	51.7 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,446	$41,406
Median home value	$65,000	$52,800
Median gross rent	$546	—
Housing units	287	53
Homeownership rate	73.6%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Humeston	Promise City
Population	484 → 505 (+4.3%)	78 → 86 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$37,386 → $52,446 (+40.3%)	$20,938 → $41,406 (+97.8%)
Median home value	$59,700 → $65,000 (+8.9%)	$46,700 → $52,800 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$480 → $546 (+13.8%)	—

Humeston

Population

484505

Median household income

$37,386$52,446

Median home value

$59,700$65,000

Median gross rent

$480$546

Promise City

Population

7886

Median household income

$20,938$41,406

Median home value

$46,700$52,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Humeston	Promise City
Under 5	3.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	16.3%
35 to 44	6.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.8%	23.3%
65 to 74	18.0%	9.3%
75 and over	12.5%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Humeston	Promise City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Humeston	Promise City
No high school diploma	7.1%	13.4%
High school graduate	39.8%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Humeston	Promise City
Drove alone	70.8%	96.7%
Carpooled	21.5%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Humeston	Promise City
1-unit, detached	77.7%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Humeston	Promise City
Poverty rate	14.9%	19.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1971	1949