Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety92#1,224/15,637
Economy20#12,469/15,631
Housing86#2,137/14,977
Health56#6,803/15,609
Healthcare37#9,840/15,650
Environment76#3,746/15,453
Education63#5,869/15,649
Infrastructure31#10,736/15,650
Community83#2,588/15,651
Leisure & amenities72#4,414/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Guttenberg, Iowa ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Clayton County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Property crime rate · low192 /100k
99/100Iowa 1,172 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationClayton County value
Public libraries · high5.3 /10k
99/100Iowa 1.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesClayton County value
Social associations · high19.5 /10k
98/100Iowa 14.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClayton County value
Mammography screening · high58.0%
97/100Iowa 57.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClayton County value
Restaurants and bars · high16.0 /10k
96/100Iowa 9.7 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClayton County value
Pharmacies · high3.0 /10k
96/100Iowa 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClayton County value

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low24 /100k
1/100Iowa 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClayton County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Iowa 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClayton County value
Primary care physicians · low24 /100k
7/100Iowa 74 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClayton County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low12.4%
11/100Iowa 31.4%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Poverty rate · high24.7%
11/100Iowa 11.2%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Job growth · low-2.0%
13/100Iowa -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataClayton County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,683 (2015-2019) → 1,782 (2020-2024)
+5.9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2015-2019) → 33.1% (2020-2024)
+33 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
New homes permittedImproving
1.9 /1k (2021) → 4.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+136%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
28.7% (2015-2019) → 52.0% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateWorsening
7.5% (2015-2019) → 24.7% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
23.1% (2015-2019) → 35.0% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Guttenberg, Iowa improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Property tax−0.8 points1.53% → 0.69%
Household income+38%$41,763 → $57,599

Declined4

Child poverty+33 points0.0% → 33.1%
Poverty+17 points7.5% → 24.7%
Bachelor's+−6.7 points19.1% → 12.4%
Rent burden+23 points28.7% → 52.0%

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Guttenberg, Iowa between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.4 min2015-2019	21.4 min2020-2024	+2.0 min	Within the margin of error	27%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%2015-2019	12.4%2020-2024	−6.7 points	Declined	4%
Broadband subscriptions	76.8%2015-2019	81.2%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Child poverty rate	0.0%2015-2019	33.1%2020-2024	+33 points	Declined	1%
Effective property tax rate	1.53%2015-2019	0.69%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Improved	98%
High school diploma or higher	90.1%2015-2019	94.3%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Home price to income ratio	3.6×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	87%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4452015-2019	0.4942020-2024	+0.049	Within the margin of error	17%
Median household income	$41,7632015-2019	$57,5992020-2024	+38%	Improved	70%
Poverty rate	7.5%2015-2019	24.7%2020-2024	+17 points	Declined	1%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	23.1%2015-2019	35.0%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Rent-burdened households	28.7%2015-2019	52.0%2020-2024	+23 points	Declined	6%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Guttenberg, Iowa five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Guttenberg, Iowa in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Guttenberg, Iowa itself moved −11.4 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,782 residents (±274)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 women (+3.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,782 residents (±274)

Guttenberg, Iowa
Iowa share

White93%1,657
Black0.7%†13
Hispanic or Latino5.5%†98

Education

1,380 residents (±210)

Guttenberg, Iowa
Iowa share

No high school diploma5.7%†78
High school or GED50%693
Some college17%†233

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

869 households (±165)

Guttenberg, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $25k23%†200
$25k–50k20%†175
$50k–75k23%†201
$75k–100k8.6%†75
$100k–150k16%†135
$150k–200k2.6%†23
$200k or more6.9%†60

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−12.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

869 households (±165)

Guttenberg, Iowa
Iowa share

Own71%613
Rent29%†256

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

204 households (±76)

Guttenberg, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $75034%†70
$750–1,00035%†72
$1,000–1,50029%†59

Home values

613 homes (±127)

Guttenberg, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $150k32%†198
$150k–250k37%224
$250k–400k22%†136

Age of homes

933 homes (±170)

Guttenberg, Iowa
Iowa share

2010 or later2.4%†22
2000–200912%†109
1980–199913%†118

Size of homes

933 homes (±170)

Guttenberg, Iowa
Iowa share

Studio1.1%†10
1 bedroom6.4%†60
2 bedrooms41%386

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

786 workers (±205)

Guttenberg, Iowa
Iowa share

Drive alone81%†635
Carpool6.5%†51
Public transit0.0%0
Walk5.1%†40
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.7%†29
Other3.9%†31

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

757 workers (±207)

Guttenberg, Iowa
Iowa share

Under 15 min53%†403
15–29 min12%†93
30–44 min19%†143

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Clayton County, the county holding most of Guttenberg's residents.

Clayton County has 487 employer establishments, 286 for every 10,000 residents (1.15× the US rate of 248; 1.10× Iowa's), with 4,999 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,061. The Census Bureau also counts 1,544 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 487; 1,544 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 286; US 248 · Iowa 259
Paid employees: 4,999
Average annual pay: $50,061; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Clayton County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	42	24.7	1.34×More than typical	268	$11,754	12
Specialty trade contractors	36	21.2	1.37×More than typical	438	$96,696	197
Truck transportation	34	20	3.95×More than typical	145	$58,297	50
Full-service restaurants	29	17.1	2.22×More than typical	171	$12,035	—
Religious organizations	25	14.7	2.65×More than typical	82	$15,866	—
Ambulatory health care services	15	8.8	0.42×Fewer than typical	88	$47,227	68
Insurance agencies and brokerages	15	8.8	2.01×More than typical	30	$43,067	23
Banks and credit unions	13	7.6	2.37×More than typical	125	$57,784	—
Building equipment contractors	12	7.1	1.17×About typical	33	$46,394	32
Gasoline stations	12	7.1	2.18×More than typical	177	$23,853	3
Construction of buildings	11	6.5	0.86×About typical	29	$51,483	110
Other specialty trade contractors	10	5.9	2.34×More than typical	257	$114,393	71

Rank places for an industry Open Clayton County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 17,008 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $156.9K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Guttenberg, Iowa: $88.07 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $156.9K; +66% vs FY2025
Per resident: $88.07; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.4%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$156.9K100%

Top recipients

DUBUQUE BARGE AND FLEETING SERVICE CO$150.1K96%
LEGACY CORPORATION OF IL$6,1553.9%
CITY OF GUTTENBERG$6910.4%

Spending by fiscal year

13.8KFY2017
458.7FY2018
6.7KFY2019
70.3KFY2020
1.8KFY2021
207.5KFY2022
53.8KFY2023
206.8KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$156.2K99.6%
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · 2211$6910.4%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Guttenberg, Iowa, so they do not add up across cities.

Guttenberg, Iowa's figures are part of those of Clayton County, IA ($5.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.7% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Guttenberg is mostly in Clayton County.

See federal money in Clayton County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Guttenberg, Iowa is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Ashley HinsonR-IA-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.5%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Clayton County76100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Clayton County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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