Bellevue vs Sabula

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

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

Bellevue has the higher population (2,256 vs 543 in Sabula). Bellevue has the higher median household income ($78,792 vs $60,417 in Sabula). Bellevue has the higher median home value ($210,500 vs $116,300 in Sabula).

Population, income & housing

	Bellevue	Sabula
Population	2,256	543
Median age	42.7 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,792	$60,417
Median home value	$210,500	$116,300
Median gross rent	$826	$955
Housing units	1,037	297
Homeownership rate	80.3%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellevue	Sabula
Population	2,157 → 2,256 (+4.6%)	491 → 543 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$61,071 → $78,792 (+29.0%)	$46,484 → $60,417 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$156,500 → $210,500 (+34.5%)	$86,500 → $116,300 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $826 (+26.1%)	$625 → $955 (+52.8%)

Bellevue

Population

2,1572,256

Median household income

$61,071$78,792

Median home value

$156,500$210,500

Median gross rent

$655$826

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)

	Bellevue	Sabula
Under 5	10.0%	0.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	7.9%	9.9%
55 to 64	15.4%	16.4%
65 to 74	14.2%	15.1%
75 and over	10.6%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellevue	Sabula
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellevue	Sabula
No high school diploma	2.9%	12.1%
High school graduate	34.8%	53.6%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellevue	Sabula
Drove alone	85.2%	84.7%
Carpooled	1.8%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellevue	Sabula
1-unit, detached	74.6%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Bellevue	Sabula
Poverty rate	8.4%	9.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1960	1951