Deep River vs Searsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Deep River and Searsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Deep River has the higher population (315 vs 120 in Searsboro). Deep River has the higher median household income ($67,143 vs $50,625 in Searsboro). Searsboro has the higher median home value ($96,400 vs $82,100 in Deep River).

Population, income & housing

	Deep River	Searsboro
Population	315	120
Median age	35.4 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,143	$50,625
Median home value	$82,100	$96,400
Median gross rent	—	$930
Housing units	129	49
Homeownership rate	84.4%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deep River	Searsboro
Population	236 → 315 (+33.5%)	166 → 120 (-27.7%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $67,143 (+61.1%)	$39,375 → $50,625 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $82,100 (+25.5%)	$72,200 → $96,400 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$290 → $408 (+40.7%)	$663 → $930 (+40.3%)

Deep River

Population

236315

Median household income

$41,667$67,143

Median home value

$65,400$82,100

Median gross rent

$290$408

Searsboro

Population

166120

Median household income

$39,375$50,625

Median home value

$72,200$96,400

Median gross rent

$663$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deep River	Searsboro
Under 5	2.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	29.8%	17.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	2.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	4.1%	15.8%
55 to 64	19.4%	28.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	4.2%
75 and over	6.7%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deep River	Searsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deep River	Searsboro
No high school diploma	6.1%	11.5%
High school graduate	67.5%	58.6%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deep River	Searsboro
Drove alone	72.5%	88.7%
Carpooled	18.1%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	5.7%
Other means	1.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deep River	Searsboro
1-unit, detached	82.9%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Deep River	Searsboro
Poverty rate	9.2%	20.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1938	1965