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Glidden, IA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Glidden, Iowa (Glidden, IA — Census place “Glidden city”) is 1,153 residents, ranking #261 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $73,393, the median home is worth $159,700 and median gross rent runs $531 a month. Looking for the Glidden Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Glidden, IA: 51443.
- Population
- 1,153Glidden city residents
- Median household income
- $73,393Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $159,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $531Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 43.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 79.3%Owner-occupied households
Glidden ZIP codes (Iowa)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Glidden.
The Glidden IA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Glidden city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Glidden city median would spend about 8.7% 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 2.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.6% of residents and 79.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Glidden city, IA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Glidden city is a small town in Iowa, with 1,153 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #261 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 74% of them. The median age here is 43.1 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 Glidden city earn a median of $73,393 a year, 6.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 8% above 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 11.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Glidden city is valued at $159,700, 47.4% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $531 a month, 62.2% below the national figure, or roughly $6,372 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 8.7% 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 2.2×, 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. 79.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Iowa.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Glidden city?
- Glidden city has 1,153 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #261 of 1,026 in Iowa.
- What is the median household income in Glidden city?
- Median household income in Glidden city is $73,393 a year, 6.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Glidden city?
- Median gross rent is $531 a month and the median home value is $159,700, so rent absorbs about 8.7% of median household income.
- Is Glidden city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Glidden city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 8.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Glidden 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.