Guernsey vs Searsboro

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

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

Searsboro has the higher population (120 vs 54 in Guernsey). Guernsey has the higher median household income ($67,917 vs $50,625 in Searsboro). Searsboro has the higher median home value ($96,400 vs $76,000 in Guernsey).

Population, income & housing

	Guernsey	Searsboro
Population	54	120
Median age	55.7 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,917	$50,625
Median home value	$76,000	$96,400
Median gross rent	$850	$930
Housing units	31	49
Homeownership rate	77.4%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.2%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guernsey	Searsboro
Population	46 → 54 (+17.4%)	166 → 120 (-27.7%)
Median household income	$31,458 → $67,917 (+115.9%)	$39,375 → $50,625 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $76,000 (+16.9%)	$72,200 → $96,400 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $850 (+7.9%)	$663 → $930 (+40.3%)

Guernsey

Population

4654

Median household income

$31,458$67,917

Median home value

$65,000$76,000

Median gross rent

$788$850

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)

	Guernsey	Searsboro
Under 5	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	7.4%	17.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	2.5%
25 to 34	3.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	15.8%
55 to 64	9.3%	28.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	4.2%
75 and over	33.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guernsey	Searsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guernsey	Searsboro
No high school diploma	24.4%	11.5%
High school graduate	51.1%	58.6%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guernsey	Searsboro
Drove alone	89.7%	88.7%
Carpooled	3.4%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guernsey	Searsboro
1-unit, detached	96.8%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Guernsey	Searsboro
Poverty rate	14.8%	20.8%
Average household size	1.74	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	55	27
Median year structure built	1938	1965