Huxley vs Slater

A side-by-side comparison of Huxley and Slater: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huxley has the higher population (4,440 vs 1,498 in Slater). Huxley has the higher median household income ($122,716 vs $87,708 in Slater). Huxley has the higher median home value ($296,100 vs $222,000 in Slater).

Population, income & housing

	Huxley	Slater
Population	4,440	1,498
Median age	34.6 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$122,716	$87,708
Median home value	$296,100	$222,000
Median gross rent	$1,260	$877
Housing units	1,599	615
Homeownership rate	83.0%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.0%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huxley	Slater
Population	3,769 → 4,440 (+17.8%)	1,585 → 1,498 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$104,457 → $122,716 (+17.5%)	$74,219 → $87,708 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$197,700 → $296,100 (+49.8%)	$164,300 → $222,000 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $1,260 (+63.4%)	$744 → $877 (+17.9%)

Huxley

Population

3,7694,440

Median household income

$104,457$122,716

Median home value

$197,700$296,100

Median gross rent

$771$1,260

Slater

Population

1,5851,498

Median household income

$74,219$87,708

Median home value

$164,300$222,000

Median gross rent

$744$877

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huxley	Slater
Under 5	8.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	28.9%	19.2%
18 to 24	1.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	9.8%
35 to 44	17.7%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	2.3%	8.5%
75 and over	6.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huxley	Slater
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	93.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huxley	Slater
No high school diploma	1.8%	1.2%
High school graduate	20.9%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	45.6%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huxley	Slater
Drove alone	88.8%	74.7%
Carpooled	0.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.9%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huxley	Slater
1-unit, detached	77.0%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	2.1%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Huxley	Slater
Poverty rate	3.3%	5.4%
Average household size	2.84	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1999	1972