Kellerton vs Sun Valley Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Kellerton and Sun Valley Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Kellerton and Sun Valley Lake are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kellerton has the higher population (270 vs 162 in Sun Valley Lake). Sun Valley Lake has the higher median household income ($127,188 vs $54,375 in Kellerton). Sun Valley Lake has the higher median home value ($485,300 vs $57,100 in Kellerton).

Population, income & housing

	Kellerton	Sun Valley Lake
Population	270	162
Median age	32.5 yrs	69.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,375	$127,188
Median home value	$57,100	$485,300
Median gross rent	$752	—
Housing units	153	552
Homeownership rate	65.0%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	67.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kellerton	Sun Valley Lake
Population	291 → 270 (-7.2%)	220 → 162 (-26.4%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $54,375 (+38.1%)	$72,292 → $127,188 (+75.9%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $57,100 (-4.8%)	$353,500 → $485,300 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $752 (-4.6%)	—

Kellerton

Population

291270

Median household income

$39,375$54,375

Median home value

$60,000$57,100

Median gross rent

$788$752

Sun Valley Lake

Population

220162

Median household income

$72,292$127,188

Median home value

$353,500$485,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kellerton	Sun Valley Lake
Under 5	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	28.5%	4.3%
18 to 24	2.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.8%	17.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	45.7%
75 and over	2.6%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kellerton	Sun Valley Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.4%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kellerton	Sun Valley Lake
No high school diploma	12.7%	2.6%
High school graduate	36.7%	2.6%
Some college or associate's	46.4%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	40.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	27.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kellerton	Sun Valley Lake
Drove alone	78.7%	71.0%
Carpooled	19.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	29.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kellerton	Sun Valley Lake
1-unit, detached	67.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kellerton	Sun Valley Lake
Poverty rate	5.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.25	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	35	35
Median year structure built	1958	1992