Odebolt vs Sac City

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

Odebolt 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 905 in Odebolt). Sac City has the higher median household income ($57,487 vs $54,914 in Odebolt). Sac City has the higher median home value ($106,400 vs $98,100 in Odebolt).

Population, income & housing

	Odebolt	Sac City
Population	905	1,782
Median age	55.3 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,914	$57,487
Median home value	$98,100	$106,400
Median gross rent	$499	$620
Housing units	496	1,039
Homeownership rate	76.1%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Odebolt	Sac City
Population	915 → 905 (-1.1%)	2,001 → 1,782 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $54,914 (+3.4%)	$49,744 → $57,487 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$75,100 → $98,100 (+30.6%)	$72,300 → $106,400 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $499 (-17.5%)	$648 → $620 (-4.3%)

Odebolt

Population

915905

Median household income

$53,125$54,914

Median home value

$75,100$98,100

Median gross rent

$605$499

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)

	Odebolt	Sac City
Under 5	6.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	14.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	3.9%	3.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	5.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	8.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	24.2%	18.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	13.9%
75 and over	11.5%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Odebolt	Sac City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	1.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Odebolt	Sac City
No high school diploma	6.7%	10.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Odebolt	Sac City
Drove alone	86.7%	90.4%
Carpooled	4.1%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	2.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Odebolt	Sac City
1-unit, detached	81.9%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Odebolt	Sac City
Poverty rate	8.3%	12.7%
Average household size	2.15	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1955	1960