Calmar vs Spillville

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

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

Calmar has the higher population (980 vs 409 in Spillville). Calmar has the higher median household income ($81,583 vs $42,750 in Spillville). Calmar has the higher median home value ($194,600 vs $156,600 in Spillville).

Population, income & housing

	Calmar	Spillville
Population	980	409
Median age	31.7 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,583	$42,750
Median home value	$194,600	$156,600
Median gross rent	$684	$929
Housing units	449	221
Homeownership rate	73.5%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calmar	Spillville
Population	1,009 → 980 (-2.9%)	474 → 409 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$59,250 → $81,583 (+37.7%)	$28,269 → $42,750 (+51.2%)
Median home value	$136,300 → $194,600 (+42.8%)	$122,900 → $156,600 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $684 (-20.6%)	$741 → $929 (+25.4%)

Calmar

Population

1,009980

Median household income

$59,250$81,583

Median home value

$136,300$194,600

Median gross rent

$861$684

Spillville

Population

474409

Median household income

$28,269$42,750

Median home value

$122,900$156,600

Median gross rent

$741$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calmar	Spillville
Under 5	5.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	23.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	15.6%	9.8%
25 to 34	6.8%	7.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	8.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	8.3%
65 to 74	6.7%	11.5%
75 and over	4.3%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calmar	Spillville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	85.8%
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%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calmar	Spillville
No high school diploma	3.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	25.5%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calmar	Spillville
Drove alone	90.1%	89.4%
Carpooled	2.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calmar	Spillville
1-unit, detached	73.7%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Calmar	Spillville
Poverty rate	10.4%	16.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1966	1949