What is the population of Gilbert city?

Gilbert city has 1,300 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #237 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Gilbert city?

Median household income in Gilbert city is $112,250 a year, 42.9% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $887 a month and the median home value is $267,200, so rent absorbs about 9.5% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gilbert city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 9.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Gilbert, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Gilbert, Iowa (Gilbert, IA — Census place “Gilbert city”) is 1,300 residents, ranking #237 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $112,250, the median home is worth $267,200 and median gross rent runs $887 a month. Looking for the Gilbert Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Gilbert, IA: 50105.

Population: 1,300Gilbert city residents
Median household income: $112,250Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $267,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $887Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 86.6%Owner-occupied households

Gilbert ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Gilbert.

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

50105

What the numbers mean in Gilbert city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Gilbert city median would spend about 9.5% 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 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5% of residents and 86.6% of households own their home.

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

Gilbert city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Gilbert city is a small town in Iowa, with 1,300 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #237 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 76% of them. The median age here is 42.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. 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 Gilbert city earn a median of $112,250 a year, 42.9% above the national figure of $78,538 and 66% above the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 5% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Gilbert city is valued at $267,200, 11.9% below the national figure and 71% above the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $887 a month, 36.9% below the national figure, or roughly $10,644 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 9.5% 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 2.4×, 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. 86.6% 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. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 Gilbert city?: Gilbert city has 1,300 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #237 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Gilbert city?: Median household income in Gilbert city is $112,250 a year, 42.9% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gilbert city?: Median gross rent is $887 a month and the median home value is $267,200, so rent absorbs about 9.5% of median household income.
Is Gilbert city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gilbert city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 9.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Gilbert 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.