Calmar vs Decorah

A side-by-side comparison of Calmar and Decorah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Decorah has the higher population (7,597 vs 980 in Calmar). Calmar has the higher median household income ($81,583 vs $62,177 in Decorah). Decorah has the higher median home value ($234,600 vs $194,600 in Calmar).

Population, income & housing

	Calmar	Decorah
Population	980	7,597
Median age	31.7 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,583	$62,177
Median home value	$194,600	$234,600
Median gross rent	$684	$788
Housing units	449	3,277
Homeownership rate	73.5%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calmar	Decorah
Population	1,009 → 980 (-2.9%)	7,701 → 7,597 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$59,250 → $81,583 (+37.7%)	$62,336 → $62,177 (-0.3%)
Median home value	$136,300 → $194,600 (+42.8%)	$189,700 → $234,600 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $684 (-20.6%)	$634 → $788 (+24.3%)

Calmar

Population

1,009980

Median household income

$59,250$81,583

Median home value

$136,300$194,600

Median gross rent

$861$684

Decorah

Population

7,7017,597

Median household income

$62,336$62,177

Median home value

$189,700$234,600

Median gross rent

$634$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calmar	Decorah
Under 5	5.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	23.4%	9.7%
18 to 24	15.6%	24.9%
25 to 34	6.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	8.6%
65 to 74	6.7%	11.7%
75 and over	4.3%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calmar	Decorah
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calmar	Decorah
No high school diploma	3.7%	3.8%
High school graduate	25.5%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calmar	Decorah
Drove alone	90.1%	58.0%
Carpooled	2.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.0%	23.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calmar	Decorah
1-unit, detached	73.7%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Calmar	Decorah
Poverty rate	10.4%	7.7%
Average household size	2.49	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	22	12
Median year structure built	1966	1964