Sabula vs Springbrook

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

Sabula and Springbrook 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 136 in Springbrook). Springbrook has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $60,417 in Sabula). Springbrook has the higher median home value ($135,400 vs $116,300 in Sabula).

Population, income & housing

	Sabula	Springbrook
Population	543	136
Median age	49.6 yrs	60.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,417	$60,625
Median home value	$116,300	$135,400
Median gross rent	$955	—
Housing units	297	71
Homeownership rate	77.7%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sabula	Springbrook
Population	491 → 543 (+10.6%)	149 → 136 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$46,484 → $60,417 (+30.0%)	$72,500 → $60,625 (-16.4%)
Median home value	$86,500 → $116,300 (+34.5%)	$87,900 → $135,400 (+54.0%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $955 (+52.8%)	—

Sabula

Population

491543

Median household income

$46,484$60,417

Median home value

$86,500$116,300

Median gross rent

$625$955

Springbrook

Population

149136

Median household income

$72,500$60,625

Median home value

$87,900$135,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sabula	Springbrook
Under 5	0.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.2%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	5.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	5.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	16.4%	8.1%
65 to 74	15.1%	36.0%
75 and over	12.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sabula	Springbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	94.9%
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	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sabula	Springbrook
No high school diploma	12.1%	2.0%
High school graduate	53.6%	54.9%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sabula	Springbrook
Drove alone	84.7%	85.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sabula	Springbrook
1-unit, detached	77.4%	98.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sabula	Springbrook
Poverty rate	9.2%	21.3%
Average household size	2.20	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1951	1967