Maxwell vs Slater

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

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

Slater has the higher population (1,498 vs 789 in Maxwell). Slater has the higher median household income ($87,708 vs $85,789 in Maxwell). Slater has the higher median home value ($222,000 vs $147,300 in Maxwell).

Population, income & housing

	Maxwell	Slater
Population	789	1,498
Median age	38.3 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,789	$87,708
Median home value	$147,300	$222,000
Median gross rent	$625	$877
Housing units	363	615
Homeownership rate	86.1%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maxwell	Slater
Population	784 → 789 (+0.6%)	1,585 → 1,498 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$71,667 → $85,789 (+19.7%)	$74,219 → $87,708 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$118,100 → $147,300 (+24.7%)	$164,300 → $222,000 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $625 (+7.9%)	$744 → $877 (+17.9%)

Maxwell

Population

784789

Median household income

$71,667$85,789

Median home value

$118,100$147,300

Median gross rent

$579$625

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)

	Maxwell	Slater
Under 5	5.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.5%	19.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	16.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	15.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.5%
75 and over	5.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maxwell	Slater
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maxwell	Slater
No high school diploma	2.7%	1.2%
High school graduate	31.3%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maxwell	Slater
Drove alone	90.2%	74.7%
Carpooled	1.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.8%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maxwell	Slater
1-unit, detached	92.3%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Maxwell	Slater
Poverty rate	9.8%	5.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1941	1972