Polk City vs Saylorville

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

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

Polk City has the higher population (5,833 vs 3,559 in Saylorville). Polk City has the higher median household income ($163,000 vs $80,250 in Saylorville). Polk City has the higher median home value ($385,000 vs $287,700 in Saylorville).

Population, income & housing

	Polk City	Saylorville
Population	5,833	3,559
Median age	37.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$163,000	$80,250
Median home value	$385,000	$287,700
Median gross rent	$746	$1,642
Housing units	2,059	1,444
Homeownership rate	90.0%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Polk City	Saylorville
Population	4,625 → 5,833 (+26.1%)	4,009 → 3,559 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$104,750 → $163,000 (+55.6%)	$65,174 → $80,250 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$249,000 → $385,000 (+54.6%)	$210,000 → $287,700 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,152 → $746 (-35.2%)	$1,679 → $1,642 (-2.2%)

Polk City

Population

4,6255,833

Median household income

$104,750$163,000

Median home value

$249,000$385,000

Median gross rent

$1,152$746

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)

	Polk City	Saylorville
Under 5	4.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	24.7%	24.9%
18 to 24	3.8%	3.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	6.8%
35 to 44	15.7%	18.7%
45 to 54	16.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.6%
75 and over	2.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Polk City	Saylorville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Polk City	Saylorville
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.5%
High school graduate	18.0%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Polk City	Saylorville
Drove alone	79.5%	72.4%
Carpooled	3.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	17.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Polk City	Saylorville
1-unit, detached	79.2%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	2.5%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Polk City	Saylorville
Poverty rate	5.5%	4.5%
Average household size	2.84	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	2006	1983