Mitchellville vs Saylorville

A side-by-side comparison of Mitchellville and Saylorville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Saylorville has the higher population (3,559 vs 2,557 in Mitchellville). Saylorville has the higher median household income ($80,250 vs $78,816 in Mitchellville). Saylorville has the higher median home value ($287,700 vs $190,200 in Mitchellville).

Population, income & housing

	Mitchellville	Saylorville
Population	2,557	3,559
Median age	37.4 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,816	$80,250
Median home value	$190,200	$287,700
Median gross rent	$773	$1,642
Housing units	784	1,444
Homeownership rate	82.7%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mitchellville	Saylorville
Population	2,365 → 2,557 (+8.1%)	4,009 → 3,559 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$65,417 → $78,816 (+20.5%)	$65,174 → $80,250 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$137,300 → $190,200 (+38.5%)	$210,000 → $287,700 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $773 (+10.7%)	$1,679 → $1,642 (-2.2%)

Mitchellville

Population

2,3652,557

Median household income

$65,417$78,816

Median home value

$137,300$190,200

Median gross rent

$698$773

Saylorville

Population

4,0093,559

Median household income

$65,174$80,250

Median home value

$210,000$287,700

Median gross rent

$1,679$1,642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mitchellville	Saylorville
Under 5	3.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	24.9%
18 to 24	5.5%	3.4%
25 to 34	21.4%	6.8%
35 to 44	22.8%	18.7%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.0%	11.6%
75 and over	4.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mitchellville	Saylorville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	79.0%
Black or African American	3.5%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mitchellville	Saylorville
No high school diploma	10.9%	1.5%
High school graduate	38.2%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mitchellville	Saylorville
Drove alone	86.8%	72.4%
Carpooled	3.1%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	17.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mitchellville	Saylorville
1-unit, detached	80.6%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mitchellville	Saylorville
Poverty rate	7.7%	4.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1966	1983