Sac City vs Schaller

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

Sac City and Schaller 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 817 in Schaller). Schaller has the higher median household income ($65,909 vs $57,487 in Sac City). Sac City has the higher median home value ($106,400 vs $73,700 in Schaller).

Population, income & housing

	Sac City	Schaller
Population	1,782	817
Median age	48.5 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,487	$65,909
Median home value	$106,400	$73,700
Median gross rent	$620	$907
Housing units	1,039	359
Homeownership rate	67.2%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sac City	Schaller
Population	2,001 → 1,782 (-10.9%)	720 → 817 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$49,744 → $57,487 (+15.6%)	$49,688 → $65,909 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$72,300 → $106,400 (+47.2%)	$72,100 → $73,700 (+2.2%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $620 (-4.3%)	$560 → $907 (+62.0%)

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

Schaller

Population

720817

Median household income

$49,688$65,909

Median home value

$72,100$73,700

Median gross rent

$560$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sac City	Schaller
Under 5	2.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	14.7%	20.0%
18 to 24	3.9%	10.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	18.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	13.9%	7.2%
75 and over	13.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sac City	Schaller
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	67.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	5.4%
Some other race	0.0%	4.9%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	22.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sac City	Schaller
No high school diploma	10.0%	20.0%
High school graduate	30.4%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sac City	Schaller
Drove alone	90.4%	84.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sac City	Schaller
1-unit, detached	77.9%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	1.1%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Sac City	Schaller
Poverty rate	12.7%	12.7%
Average household size	1.84	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1960	1950