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HubbardIA

A town of 773. A typical home worth about $172K.

Photo: Mavis Cook /FortepanIowa · CC BY-SA 4.0
Population
773
+1.8% since 2010
Typical home
$172K
+1.2% in a year
Household income
$69K
median
Median age
54.3
years
Jobs based here
322
Balanced

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773 people, and everyone knows the way

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Rain
H 67° · L 57°

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Housing

A typical Hubbard home is worth about $172K

The typical Hubbard home is worth about $172,000, up 1.2% in a year, 28% below the Iowa typical home.

$172KZillow home value

Typical home value

Hubbard$172K
Iowa$240K
+1.2%
value change, 1 year
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →
Climate

Four seasons, pleasant summers

Hubbard has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 83°, a January night drops to 10°, and about 39 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

39″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter13–30°
Spring37–58°
Summer60–81°
Fall39–61°
Oct 10
typical first frost
Apr 27
typical last frost
+0.8°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Work & commute

About one in eight working residents works right in Hubbard

Most working residents leave Hubbard for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Ames (8%), Marshalltown (7%) and Eldora (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

13%work in town

Where working residents work

In Hubbard13%
Ames8%
Marshalltown7%
Eldora5%
Iowa Falls5%
24 mi
median commute distance
322
jobs based in Hubbard
Balanced
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Schools

Hubbard’s public schools outperform 39% of Iowa districts

The public schools Hubbard’s kids attend trail 61% of Iowa’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

C+School Grade
SchoolGradesStudentsGrade
South Hardin Middle School6–8196B−
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IA on state testsAll 1 schools →
Health

How healthy Hubbard is

Hubbard beats the Iowa average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6.

32 measures vs. Iowa
3 better23 too close to call6 worse
What stands outHubbardIA
Fewer adults facing housing insecurity7.6%9.4%
More adults treating high blood pressure82.1%77.8%
More older adults who have lost all their teeth16%11.6%
Hansen Family Hospital
14 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Natural hazards

Moderate risk, with hail at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 52% of U.S. communities.

52risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
52Moderate riskLowerHigher
HailInland floodingDrought
2
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Outdoors

0.2% of Hubbard is conserved land

0.0 miles of trails across 2 parks and preserves.

0.2%conserved
Map of Hubbard: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Green: conserved land · dashed: trails · numbers: the places below
0.2%
conserved · 2 of 1,084 acres
0.0 mi
of trails · 0 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Brubaker-Hoelscher City Park—3
2. Hubbard Prairie—2
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
Untitled photo
2018 · Untitled photo · Wikimedia Commons
Hubbard’s story

Hubbard in pictures

6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.

HubbardIowaPopPlotHubbard, Iowa Fire Department 6-5-24Old Hubbard, IA Fire Truck
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About Hubbard

City in Iowa, USA

Official town website ↗

Hubbard is a city in Hardin County, Iowa, United States. The population was 860 at the time of the 2020 census.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Population
860
Area
1.8 sq mi
Elevation
1,093 ft
ZIP code
50122

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