Gowrie vs Otho

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

Gowrie and Otho 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 397 in Otho). Gowrie has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $42,083 in Otho). Gowrie has the higher median home value ($98,400 vs $85,600 in Otho).

Population, income & housing

	Gowrie	Otho
Population	894	397
Median age	43.8 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,375	$42,083
Median home value	$98,400	$85,600
Median gross rent	$753	$658
Housing units	472	236
Homeownership rate	82.7%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gowrie	Otho
Population	923 → 894 (-3.1%)	442 → 397 (-10.2%)
Median household income	$40,208 → $74,375 (+85.0%)	$44,861 → $42,083 (-6.2%)
Median home value	$80,400 → $98,400 (+22.4%)	$73,500 → $85,600 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $753 (+40.2%)	$541 → $658 (+21.6%)

Gowrie

Population

923894

Median household income

$40,208$74,375

Median home value

$80,400$98,400

Median gross rent

$537$753

Otho

Population

442397

Median household income

$44,861$42,083

Median home value

$73,500$85,600

Median gross rent

$541$658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gowrie	Otho
Under 5	6.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	10.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	8.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	6.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	19.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	13.9%
75 and over	10.9%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gowrie	Otho
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gowrie	Otho
No high school diploma	1.2%	8.6%
High school graduate	29.1%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gowrie	Otho
Drove alone	83.0%	83.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gowrie	Otho
1-unit, detached	86.4%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Gowrie	Otho
Poverty rate	8.9%	15.4%
Average household size	2.27	1.70
Mean commute (minutes)	32	16
Median year structure built	1952	1962