Sandusky vs Wever

A side-by-side comparison of Sandusky and Wever: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sandusky has the higher population (355 vs 190 in Wever). Wever has the higher median home value ($262,100 vs $223,400 in Sandusky). Since 2019, Wever's population has grown faster (+69.6% vs +13.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Sandusky	Wever
Population	355	190
Median age	59.1 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$96,118	—
Median home value	$223,400	$262,100
Housing units	238	90
Homeownership rate	100.0%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandusky	Wever
Population	312 → 355 (+13.8%)	112 → 190 (+69.6%)
Median household income	$80,119 → $96,118 (+20.0%)	$36,417 → $40,875 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$202,100 → $223,400 (+10.5%)	$268,300 → $262,100 (-2.3%)

Sandusky

Population

312355

Median household income

$80,119$96,118

Median home value

$202,100$223,400

Wever

Population

112190

Median household income

$36,417$40,875

Median home value

$268,300$262,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandusky	Wever
Under 5	5.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	17.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	4.2%
55 to 64	38.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	12.7%	3.2%
75 and over	11.5%	24.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandusky	Wever
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	67.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.9%	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	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	32.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandusky	Wever
No high school diploma	1.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.2%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandusky	Wever
Drove alone	82.3%	72.9%
Carpooled	10.8%	27.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandusky	Wever
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sandusky	Wever
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.2%
Average household size	2.01	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1976	1938