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Gowrie city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Gowrie city is a Census city of 932 people across 1.44 square miles of land, in Webster County. Median household income is $80,417, 78.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Gowrie
What Gowrie is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.44 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land648
- County holding the largest share of its areaWebster 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.
Gowrie
How many people live in Gowrie
- Population932
- Median age44.7
- Population under 18189 plus or minus 62
- Share under 1820.3 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Population 65 and over221 plus or minus 56
- Share 65 and over23.7 percent
- Households369
- Family households227 plus or minus 47
- Share of households that are families61.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gowrie
Income and work in Gowrie
- Median household income$80,417 plus or minus $19,836
- Per capita income$40,578 plus or minus $9,300
- Civilian labor force470 plus or minus 106
- Employed446 plus or minus 105
- Unemployed24 plus or minus 17
- Unemployment rate5.1 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Adults 25 and over660
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.5 percent plus or minus 23.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.4 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.6 percent plus or minus 5.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gowrie
Housing in Gowrie
- Housing units479
- Occupied units369
- Vacant units110 plus or minus 55
- Vacancy rate23.0 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Owner occupied288
- Renter occupied81 plus or minus 34
- Ownership rate78.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$109,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$750 plus or minus $169
- Annual rent as a share of median income11.2 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Single family units412
- Share single family86.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more67 plus or minus 43
- Share in buildings of two or more14.0 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1951
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gowrie
How Gowrie gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute424 plus or minus 104
- Commuting under 15 minutes135 plus or minus 45
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.8 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more218 plus or minus 60
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more51.4 percent
- Drove alone86.0 percent
- Carpooled7.9 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.1 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Worked from home4.5 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Webster County, not Gowrie
Webster County context, not Gowrie figures
These are Webster County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Gowrie measurements.
- Establishments in Webster County997
- Employment at those establishments, Webster County16,146
- Covered employment, Webster County17,547
- Average annual pay, Webster County$56,709
- Average weekly wage, Webster County$1,091
- Housing units permitted, Webster County28
- Of those, single family, Webster County28
- County product, 2024, Webster County$2,759,070,000
- County product change over the prior year, Webster County2.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Webster County$39,414
Every figure in this section is published for Webster County as a whole and is not a measurement of Gowrie. 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- 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
Gowrie questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Gowrie, Iowa?
932, in 369 households. Gowrie city covers 1.44 square miles of land, which is 648 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Gowrie in?
Webster 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 Gowrie?
$80,417. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $109,900. Median gross rent is $750 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 Gowrie figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Webster 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 Gowrie.
Is zoning published for Gowrie?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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