Hartwick vs Searsboro

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

Hartwick 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 104 in Hartwick). Hartwick has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $50,625 in Searsboro). Searsboro has the higher median home value ($96,400 vs $90,000 in Hartwick).

Population, income & housing

	Hartwick	Searsboro
Population	104	120
Median age	26.3 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,000	$50,625
Median home value	$90,000	$96,400
Median gross rent	—	$930
Housing units	32	49
Homeownership rate	87.5%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartwick	Searsboro
Population	108 → 104 (-3.7%)	166 → 120 (-27.7%)
Median household income	$65,833 → $85,000 (+29.1%)	$39,375 → $50,625 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$77,900 → $90,000 (+15.5%)	$72,200 → $96,400 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$663 → $930 (+40.3%)

Hartwick

Population

108104

Median household income

$65,833$85,000

Median home value

$77,900$90,000

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)

	Hartwick	Searsboro
Under 5	23.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	22.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	2.9%	2.5%
25 to 34	16.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	6.7%	15.8%
55 to 64	4.8%	28.3%
65 to 74	4.8%	4.2%
75 and over	4.8%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartwick	Searsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	63.5%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	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	9.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	26.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartwick	Searsboro
No high school diploma	1.9%	11.5%
High school graduate	31.5%	58.6%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartwick	Searsboro
Drove alone	91.7%	88.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartwick	Searsboro
1-unit, detached	93.8%	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	6.3%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Hartwick	Searsboro
Poverty rate	1.0%	20.8%
Average household size	3.25	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1938	1965