Danville vs Sperry

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

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

Danville has the higher population (966 vs 93 in Sperry). Since 2019, Danville's population has grown faster (-1.8% vs -58.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Sperry
Population	966	93
Median age	38.5 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,917	—
Median home value	$148,600	—
Median gross rent	$817	—
Housing units	386	64
Homeownership rate	81.9%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Sperry
Population	984 → 966 (-1.8%)	225 → 93 (-58.7%)
Median household income	$54,762 → $82,917 (+51.4%)	$60,208 → $75,385 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$110,400 → $148,600 (+34.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$703 → $817 (+16.2%)	—

Danville

Population

984966

Median household income

$54,762$82,917

Median home value

$110,400$148,600

Median gross rent

$703$817

Sperry

Population

22593

Median household income

$60,208$75,385

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	Sperry
Under 5	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	32.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	14.9%	28.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	23.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	0.0%
75 and over	6.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Sperry
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	Sperry
No high school diploma	4.5%	6.5%
High school graduate	32.3%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Sperry
Drove alone	80.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Sperry
1-unit, detached	71.2%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Sperry
Poverty rate	11.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.66	1.45
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1964	1938