Guthrie County vs Louisa County

A side-by-side comparison of Guthrie County and Louisa County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Louisa County has the higher population (10,710 vs 10,646 in Guthrie County). Louisa County has the higher median household income ($80,223 vs $79,981 in Guthrie County). Guthrie County has the higher median home value ($163,900 vs $137,600 in Louisa County).

Population, income & housing

	Guthrie County	Louisa County
Population	10,646	10,710
Median age	46.5 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$79,981	$80,223
Median home value	$163,900	$137,600
Median gross rent	$823	$797
Housing units	5,782	4,736
Homeownership rate	83.5%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guthrie County	Louisa County
Population	10,669 → 10,646 (-0.2%)	11,178 → 10,710 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$61,161 → $79,981 (+30.8%)	$56,673 → $80,223 (+41.6%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $163,900 (+39.0%)	$108,800 → $137,600 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $823 (+20.7%)	$637 → $797 (+25.1%)

Guthrie County

Population

10,66910,646

Median household income

$61,161$79,981

Median home value

$117,900$163,900

Median gross rent

$682$823

Louisa County

Population

11,17810,710

Median household income

$56,673$80,223

Median home value

$108,800$137,600

Median gross rent

$637$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guthrie County	Louisa County
Under 5	4.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.7%	11.1%
75 and over	9.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guthrie County	Louisa County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guthrie County	Louisa County
No high school diploma	5.1%	12.4%
High school graduate	32.9%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guthrie County	Louisa County
Drove alone	78.8%	81.2%
Carpooled	7.6%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.7%	4.0%
Other means	1.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guthrie County	Louisa County
1-unit, detached	90.5%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Guthrie County	Louisa County
Poverty rate	9.3%	9.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1969	1962