Fort Dodge vs Gowrie

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

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

Fort Dodge has the higher population (24,788 vs 894 in Gowrie). Gowrie has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $61,769 in Fort Dodge). Fort Dodge has the higher median home value ($128,900 vs $98,400 in Gowrie).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Dodge	Gowrie
Population	24,788	894
Median age	38.2 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,769	$74,375
Median home value	$128,900	$98,400
Median gross rent	$764	$753
Housing units	11,492	472
Homeownership rate	64.0%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Dodge	Gowrie
Population	24,278 → 24,788 (+2.1%)	923 → 894 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$40,886 → $61,769 (+51.1%)	$40,208 → $74,375 (+85.0%)
Median home value	$93,600 → $128,900 (+37.7%)	$80,400 → $98,400 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $764 (+17.2%)	$537 → $753 (+40.2%)

Fort Dodge

Population

24,27824,788

Median household income

$40,886$61,769

Median home value

$93,600$128,900

Median gross rent

$652$764

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)

	Fort Dodge	Gowrie
Under 5	5.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	13.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	8.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.4%
75 and over	9.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Dodge	Gowrie
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	82.4%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Dodge	Gowrie
No high school diploma	9.2%	1.2%
High school graduate	32.9%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Dodge	Gowrie
Drove alone	81.9%	83.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.2%	6.3%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Dodge	Gowrie
1-unit, detached	70.2%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	10.4%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Dodge	Gowrie
Poverty rate	14.4%	8.9%
Average household size	2.09	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	18	32
Median year structure built	1956	1952