Climbing Hill vs Cushing

A side-by-side comparison of Climbing Hill and Cushing: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cushing has the higher population (213 vs 70 in Climbing Hill). Climbing Hill has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $57,700 in Cushing). Since 2019, Cushing's population has grown faster (+21.7% vs -7.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Climbing Hill	Cushing
Population	70	213
Median age	54.7 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$70,139
Median home value	$125,000	$57,700
Median gross rent	—	$725
Housing units	29	77
Homeownership rate	100.0%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Climbing Hill	Cushing
Population	76 → 70 (-7.9%)	175 → 213 (+21.7%)
Median household income	$41,042 → $67,679 (+64.9%)	$43,750 → $70,139 (+60.3%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $125,000 (+5.2%)	$48,100 → $57,700 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$488 → $725 (+48.6%)

Climbing Hill

Population

7670

Median household income

$41,042$67,679

Median home value

$118,800$125,000

Cushing

Population

175213

Median household income

$43,750$70,139

Median home value

$48,100$57,700

Median gross rent

$488$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Climbing Hill	Cushing
Under 5	0.0%	8.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	24.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	20.0%	17.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	34.3%	7.0%
55 to 64	4.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	5.7%	8.5%
75 and over	35.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Climbing Hill	Cushing
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.5%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Climbing Hill	Cushing
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.9%
High school graduate	47.1%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Climbing Hill	Cushing
Drove alone	100.0%	76.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Climbing Hill	Cushing
1-unit, detached	82.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Climbing Hill	Cushing
Poverty rate	0.0%	22.1%
Average household size	2.92	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938