Coalville vs Gowrie

A side-by-side comparison of Coalville and Gowrie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gowrie has the higher population (894 vs 652 in Coalville). Gowrie has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $68,750 in Coalville). Coalville has the higher median home value ($165,300 vs $98,400 in Gowrie).

Population, income & housing

	Coalville	Gowrie
Population	652	894
Median age	36.8 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$74,375
Median home value	$165,300	$98,400
Median gross rent	—	$753
Housing units	294	472
Homeownership rate	93.1%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coalville	Gowrie
Population	722 → 652 (-9.7%)	923 → 894 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$50,125 → $68,750 (+37.2%)	$40,208 → $74,375 (+85.0%)
Median home value	$131,000 → $165,300 (+26.2%)	$80,400 → $98,400 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$537 → $753 (+40.2%)

Coalville

Population

722652

Median household income

$50,125$68,750

Median home value

$131,000$165,300

Gowrie

Population

923894

Median household income

$40,208$74,375

Median home value

$80,400$98,400

Median gross rent

$537$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coalville	Gowrie
Under 5	16.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	22.2%	17.1%
18 to 24	0.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	7.1%	8.8%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.4%
75 and over	5.5%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coalville	Gowrie
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.9%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coalville	Gowrie
No high school diploma	7.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	36.4%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coalville	Gowrie
Drove alone	91.4%	83.0%
Carpooled	1.6%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.9%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coalville	Gowrie
1-unit, detached	82.7%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coalville	Gowrie
Poverty rate	6.7%	8.9%
Average household size	2.80	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	18	32
Median year structure built	1964	1952