Climbing Hill vs Smithland

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

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

Smithland has the higher population (148 vs 70 in Climbing Hill). Climbing Hill has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $75,400 in Smithland). Since 2019, Climbing Hill's population has grown faster (-7.9% vs -26.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Climbing Hill	Smithland
Population	70	148
Median age	54.7 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$83,000
Median home value	$125,000	$75,400
Median gross rent	—	$725
Housing units	29	93
Homeownership rate	100.0%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Climbing Hill	Smithland
Population	76 → 70 (-7.9%)	200 → 148 (-26.0%)
Median household income	$41,042 → $67,679 (+64.9%)	$44,063 → $83,000 (+88.4%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $125,000 (+5.2%)	$61,000 → $75,400 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$763 → $725 (-5.0%)

Climbing Hill

Population

7670

Median household income

$41,042$67,679

Median home value

$118,800$125,000

Smithland

Population

200148

Median household income

$44,063$83,000

Median home value

$61,000$75,400

Median gross rent

$763$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Climbing Hill	Smithland
Under 5	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	20.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	34.3%	8.8%
55 to 64	4.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	5.7%	14.9%
75 and over	35.7%	23.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Climbing Hill	Smithland
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.5%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Climbing Hill	Smithland
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	47.1%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Climbing Hill	Smithland
Drove alone	100.0%	79.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Climbing Hill	Smithland
1-unit, detached	82.8%	92.5%
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%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Climbing Hill	Smithland
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.7%
Average household size	2.92	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1938	1951