Bremer County vs Plymouth County

A side-by-side comparison of Bremer County and Plymouth County: population, income, housing, and more.

Bremer County and Plymouth County are counties in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Plymouth County has the higher population (25,699 vs 25,118 in Bremer County). Bremer County has the higher median household income ($83,343 vs $81,600 in Plymouth County). Plymouth County has the higher median home value ($218,600 vs $207,200 in Bremer County).

Population, income & housing

	Bremer County	Plymouth County
Population	25,118	25,699
Median age	38.6 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,343	$81,600
Median home value	$207,200	$218,600
Median gross rent	$844	$865
Housing units	10,542	10,863
Homeownership rate	80.8%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bremer County	Plymouth County
Population	24,864 → 25,118 (+1.0%)	25,068 → 25,699 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$70,395 → $83,343 (+18.4%)	$67,297 → $81,600 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$165,700 → $207,200 (+25.0%)	$163,500 → $218,600 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $844 (+27.7%)	$660 → $865 (+31.1%)

Bremer County

Population

24,86425,118

Median household income

$70,395$83,343

Median home value

$165,700$207,200

Median gross rent

$661$844

Plymouth County

Population

25,06825,699

Median household income

$67,297$81,600

Median home value

$163,500$218,600

Median gross rent

$660$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bremer County	Plymouth County
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.1%
75 and over	9.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bremer County	Plymouth County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	88.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bremer County	Plymouth County
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.8%
High school graduate	30.5%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bremer County	Plymouth County
Drove alone	75.3%	79.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	8.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	6.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.4%	8.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bremer County	Plymouth County
1-unit, detached	80.5%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	7.8%
20 or more units	3.7%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Bremer County	Plymouth County
Poverty rate	7.5%	6.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1969	1972