What is the population of Britt city?

Britt city has 1,919 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #171 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Britt city?

Median household income in Britt city is $64,257 a year, 18.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Britt city?

Median gross rent is $1,036 a month and the median home value is $96,300, so rent absorbs about 19.3% of median household income.

Is Britt city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Britt city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Britt, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Britt, Iowa (Britt, IA — Census place “Britt city”) is 1,919 residents, ranking #171 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $64,257, the median home is worth $96,300 and median gross rent runs $1,036 a month. Looking for the Britt Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Britt, IA: 50423.

Population: 1,919Britt city residents
Median household income: $64,257Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $96,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,036Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 47.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 82.1%Owner-occupied households

Britt ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Britt.

The Britt IA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

50423

What the numbers mean in Britt city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Britt city median would spend about 19.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.9% of residents and 82.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Britt city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Britt city is a small town in Iowa, with 1,919 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #171 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 83% of them. The median age here is 47.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Britt city earn a median of $64,257 a year, 18.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 5% below the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 11.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Britt city is valued at $96,300, 68.3% below the national figure and 38% below the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,036 a month, 26.3% below the national figure, or roughly $12,432 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 82.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Britt city?: Britt city has 1,919 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #171 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Britt city?: Median household income in Britt city is $64,257 a year, 18.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Britt city?: Median gross rent is $1,036 a month and the median home value is $96,300, so rent absorbs about 19.3% of median household income.
Is Britt city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Britt city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Britt city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.