Baxter vs Sully

A side-by-side comparison of Baxter and Sully: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Baxter has the higher population (1,251 vs 1,092 in Sully). Sully has the higher median household income ($86,576 vs $60,625 in Baxter). Sully has the higher median home value ($165,600 vs $162,300 in Baxter).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter	Sully
Population	1,251	1,092
Median age	33.0 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$86,576
Median home value	$162,300	$165,600
Median gross rent	$693	$940
Housing units	480	440
Homeownership rate	75.2%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter	Sully
Population	1,004 → 1,251 (+24.6%)	828 → 1,092 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$59,276 → $60,625 (+2.3%)	$69,250 → $86,576 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$127,800 → $162,300 (+27.0%)	$121,100 → $165,600 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $693 (+0.0%)	$722 → $940 (+30.2%)

Baxter

Population

1,0041,251

Median household income

$59,276$60,625

Median home value

$127,800$162,300

Median gross rent

$693$693

Sully

Population

8281,092

Median household income

$69,250$86,576

Median home value

$121,100$165,600

Median gross rent

$722$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter	Sully
Under 5	10.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	23.3%	19.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	7.8%	8.2%
55 to 64	8.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.0%
75 and over	7.2%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter	Sully
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter	Sully
No high school diploma	8.4%	2.5%
High school graduate	27.0%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter	Sully
Drove alone	83.9%	82.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	5.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter	Sully
1-unit, detached	80.0%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baxter	Sully
Poverty rate	15.3%	3.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1969	1965