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Guthrie Center, IA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Guthrie Center, Iowa (Guthrie Center, IA — Census place “Guthrie Center city”) is 1,603 residents, ranking #201 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $67,679, the median home is worth $117,100 and median gross rent runs $839 a month. Looking for the Guthrie Center Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Guthrie Center, IA: 50115.
- Population
- 1,603Guthrie Center city residents
- Median household income
- $67,679Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $117,100Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $839Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 36 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 75.8%Owner-occupied households
Guthrie Center ZIP codes (Iowa)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Guthrie Center.
The Guthrie Center 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 Guthrie Center city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Guthrie Center city median would spend about 14.9% 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 1.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.5% of residents and 75.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Guthrie Center city, IA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Guthrie Center city is a small town in Iowa, with 1,603 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #201 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 36 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Guthrie Center city earn a median of $67,679 a year, 13.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of 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 15.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Guthrie Center city is valued at $117,100, 61.4% below the national figure and 25% below the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $839 a month, 40.3% below the national figure, or roughly $10,068 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.9% 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 1.7×, 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. 75.8% 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 Guthrie Center city?
- Guthrie Center city has 1,603 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #201 of 1,026 in Iowa.
- What is the median household income in Guthrie Center city?
- Median household income in Guthrie Center city is $67,679 a year, 13.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Guthrie Center city?
- Median gross rent is $839 a month and the median home value is $117,100, so rent absorbs about 14.9% of median household income.
- Is Guthrie Center city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Guthrie Center city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Guthrie Center 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.