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Glidden city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Glidden city is a Census city of 1,169 people across 1.11 square miles of land, in Carroll County. Median household income is $68,333, 76.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Glidden
What Glidden is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.11 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,050
- County holding the largest share of its areaCarroll County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Glidden
How many people live in Glidden
- Population1,169
- Median age41.1
- Population under 18354 plus or minus 81
- Share under 1830.3 percent
- Population 65 and over195 plus or minus 45
- Share 65 and over16.7 percent
- Households442
- Family households323
- Share of households that are families73.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Glidden
Income and work in Glidden
- Median household income$68,333 plus or minus $24,579
- Per capita income$28,100
- Civilian labor force562 plus or minus 113
- Employed545 plus or minus 111
- Unemployed17 plus or minus 19
- Unemployment rate3.0 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over749
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.0 percent plus or minus 19.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.9 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.6 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Glidden
Housing in Glidden
- Housing units465
- Occupied units442
- Vacant units23 plus or minus 22
- Vacancy rate4.9 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Owner occupied338
- Renter occupied104 plus or minus 42
- Ownership rate76.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$154,200 plus or minus $33,722
- Median gross rent, monthly$525 plus or minus $148
- Annual rent as a share of median income9.2 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Single family units407
- Share single family87.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more50 plus or minus 27
- Share in buildings of two or more10.8 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Mobile homes8 plus or minus 8
- Median year structure built1956
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Glidden
How Glidden gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute503 plus or minus 108
- Commuting under 15 minutes264 plus or minus 67
- Share commuting under 15 minutes52.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more72 plus or minus 34
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more14.3 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Drove alone76.9 percent
- Carpooled11.5 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.7 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Worked from home6.9 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Glidden
SBA loans in Glidden (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$5,000,000
- Average approval$5,000,000
- Median approval$5,000,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported34
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Carroll County, not Glidden
Carroll County context, not Glidden figures
These are Carroll County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Glidden measurements.
- Establishments in Carroll County827
- Employment at those establishments, Carroll County10,168
- Covered employment, Carroll County10,978
- Average annual pay, Carroll County$50,662
- Average weekly wage, Carroll County$974
- Housing units permitted, Carroll County34
- Of those, single family, Carroll County29
- County product, 2024, Carroll County$1,837,302,000
- County product change over the prior year, Carroll County4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Carroll County$51,911
Every figure in this section is published for Carroll County as a whole and is not a measurement of Glidden. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Glidden questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Glidden, Iowa?
1,169, in 442 households. Glidden city covers 1.11 square miles of land, which is 1,050 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Glidden in?
Carroll County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Glidden?
$68,333. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $154,200. Median gross rent is $525 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Glidden figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Carroll County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Glidden.
Is zoning published for Glidden?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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