Early vs Sac City

A side-by-side comparison of Early and Sac City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sac City has the higher population (1,782 vs 757 in Early). Early has the higher median household income ($76,083 vs $57,487 in Sac City). Sac City has the higher median home value ($106,400 vs $83,500 in Early).

Population, income & housing

	Early	Sac City
Population	757	1,782
Median age	39.0 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,083	$57,487
Median home value	$83,500	$106,400
Median gross rent	$588	$620
Housing units	358	1,039
Homeownership rate	69.0%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Early	Sac City
Population	705 → 757 (+7.4%)	2,001 → 1,782 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $76,083 (+60.2%)	$49,744 → $57,487 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $83,500 (+18.8%)	$72,300 → $106,400 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $588 (-6.8%)	$648 → $620 (-4.3%)

Early

Population

705757

Median household income

$47,500$76,083

Median home value

$70,300$83,500

Median gross rent

$631$588

Sac City

Population

2,0011,782

Median household income

$49,744$57,487

Median home value

$72,300$106,400

Median gross rent

$648$620

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Early	Sac City
Under 5	9.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.4%	3.9%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	6.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	20.3%	18.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	13.9%
75 and over	6.9%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Early	Sac City
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	96.3%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Early	Sac City
No high school diploma	12.6%	10.0%
High school graduate	30.3%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Early	Sac City
Drove alone	91.9%	90.4%
Carpooled	3.7%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Early	Sac City
1-unit, detached	77.9%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Early	Sac City
Poverty rate	11.8%	12.7%
Average household size	2.42	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1946	1960