Maloy vs Sun Valley Lake

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

Maloy 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.

Sun Valley Lake has the higher population (162 vs 40 in Maloy). Sun Valley Lake has the higher median household income ($127,188 vs $93,125 in Maloy). Since 2019, Maloy's population has grown faster (+29.0% vs -26.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Maloy	Sun Valley Lake
Population	40	162
Median age	37.5 yrs	69.7 yrs
Median household income	$93,125	$127,188
Median home value	—	$485,300
Housing units	18	552
Homeownership rate	100.0%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	67.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maloy	Sun Valley Lake
Population	31 → 40 (+29.0%)	220 → 162 (-26.4%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $93,125 (+33.0%)	$72,292 → $127,188 (+75.9%)
Median home value	—	$353,500 → $485,300 (+37.3%)

Maloy

Population

3140

Median household income

$70,000$93,125

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)

	Maloy	Sun Valley Lake
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	4.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	27.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	17.9%
55 to 64	30.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	2.5%	45.7%
75 and over	2.5%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maloy	Sun Valley Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	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	0.0%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maloy	Sun Valley Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.6%
High school graduate	42.4%	2.6%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	40.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	27.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maloy	Sun Valley Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	71.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	29.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maloy	Sun Valley Lake
1-unit, detached	94.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maloy	Sun Valley Lake
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.22	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	22	35
Median year structure built	1938	1992