Baldwin vs Sabula

A side-by-side comparison of Baldwin and Sabula: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sabula has the higher population (543 vs 161 in Baldwin). Sabula has the higher median household income ($60,417 vs $49,583 in Baldwin). Sabula has the higher median home value ($116,300 vs $49,000 in Baldwin).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwin	Sabula
Population	161	543
Median age	39.9 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,583	$60,417
Median home value	$49,000	$116,300
Median gross rent	$850	$955
Housing units	93	297
Homeownership rate	82.7%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwin	Sabula
Population	145 → 161 (+11.0%)	491 → 543 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$38,542 → $49,583 (+28.6%)	$46,484 → $60,417 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$64,400 → $49,000 (-23.9%)	$86,500 → $116,300 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$625 → $955 (+52.8%)

Baldwin

Population

145161

Median household income

$38,542$49,583

Median home value

$64,400$49,000

Sabula

Population

491543

Median household income

$46,484$60,417

Median home value

$86,500$116,300

Median gross rent

$625$955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwin	Sabula
Under 5	7.5%	0.9%
5 to 17	8.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	14.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	24.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	5.6%	15.1%
75 and over	6.2%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwin	Sabula
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwin	Sabula
No high school diploma	14.2%	12.1%
High school graduate	60.2%	53.6%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwin	Sabula
Drove alone	70.8%	84.7%
Carpooled	3.1%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwin	Sabula
1-unit, detached	77.4%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.6%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Baldwin	Sabula
Poverty rate	18.0%	9.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1943	1951