Beaverdale vs Sperry

A side-by-side comparison of Beaverdale and Sperry: population, income, housing, and more.

Beaverdale and Sperry are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beaverdale has the higher population (905 vs 93 in Sperry). Since 2019, Beaverdale's population has grown faster (-9.7% vs -58.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Beaverdale	Sperry
Population	905	93
Median age	50.6 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,000	—
Median home value	$171,200	—
Median gross rent	$1,369	—
Housing units	413	64
Homeownership rate	87.8%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaverdale	Sperry
Population	1,002 → 905 (-9.7%)	225 → 93 (-58.7%)
Median household income	$61,917 → $66,000 (+6.6%)	$60,208 → $75,385 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $171,200 (+78.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$861 → $1,369 (+59.0%)	—

Beaverdale

Population

1,002905

Median household income

$61,917$66,000

Median home value

$95,800$171,200

Median gross rent

$861$1,369

Sperry

Population

22593

Median household income

$60,208$75,385

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaverdale	Sperry
Under 5	9.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.1%	32.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	16.6%	28.0%
55 to 64	16.8%	23.7%
65 to 74	12.8%	0.0%
75 and over	8.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaverdale	Sperry
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaverdale	Sperry
No high school diploma	14.4%	6.5%
High school graduate	29.8%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaverdale	Sperry
Drove alone	68.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	13.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	18.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaverdale	Sperry
1-unit, detached	64.6%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beaverdale	Sperry
Poverty rate	20.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.41	1.45
Mean commute (minutes)	11	17
Median year structure built	1979	1938