Belmond vs Goldfield

A side-by-side comparison of Belmond and Goldfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belmond has the higher population (2,678 vs 616 in Goldfield). Belmond has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $54,500 in Goldfield). Belmond has the higher median home value ($110,800 vs $87,800 in Goldfield).

Population, income & housing

	Belmond	Goldfield
Population	2,678	616
Median age	38.7 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$54,500
Median home value	$110,800	$87,800
Median gross rent	$820	$535
Housing units	1,170	320
Homeownership rate	78.8%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmond	Goldfield
Population	2,466 → 2,678 (+8.6%)	672 → 616 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $58,750 (+6.8%)	$51,607 → $54,500 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $110,800 (+30.4%)	$62,800 → $87,800 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $820 (+37.8%)	$583 → $535 (-8.2%)

Belmond

Population

2,4662,678

Median household income

$55,000$58,750

Median home value

$85,000$110,800

Median gross rent

$595$820

Goldfield

Population

672616

Median household income

$51,607$54,500

Median home value

$62,800$87,800

Median gross rent

$583$535

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmond	Goldfield
Under 5	6.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	25.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.2%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	17.5%
45 to 54	6.3%	8.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	23.5%
75 and over	14.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmond	Goldfield
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmond	Goldfield
No high school diploma	3.7%	9.6%
High school graduate	32.1%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmond	Goldfield
Drove alone	84.2%	83.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	7.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmond	Goldfield
1-unit, detached	84.8%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	5.3%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmond	Goldfield
Poverty rate	17.6%	13.1%
Average household size	2.53	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1965	1941