Nevada vs Slater

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

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

Nevada has the higher population (6,952 vs 1,498 in Slater). Slater has the higher median household income ($87,708 vs $75,221 in Nevada). Slater has the higher median home value ($222,000 vs $177,800 in Nevada).

Population, income & housing

	Nevada	Slater
Population	6,952	1,498
Median age	39.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,221	$87,708
Median home value	$177,800	$222,000
Median gross rent	$884	$877
Housing units	3,253	615
Homeownership rate	71.1%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nevada	Slater
Population	6,754 → 6,952 (+2.9%)	1,585 → 1,498 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$58,968 → $75,221 (+27.6%)	$74,219 → $87,708 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$138,700 → $177,800 (+28.2%)	$164,300 → $222,000 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $884 (+36.0%)	$744 → $877 (+17.9%)

Nevada

Population

6,7546,952

Median household income

$58,968$75,221

Median home value

$138,700$177,800

Median gross rent

$650$884

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)

	Nevada	Slater
Under 5	4.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.6%	19.2%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.5%
75 and over	8.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nevada	Slater
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nevada	Slater
No high school diploma	6.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	25.2%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nevada	Slater
Drove alone	85.3%	74.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.3%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nevada	Slater
1-unit, detached	59.9%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Nevada	Slater
Poverty rate	10.3%	5.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1973	1972