Slater vs Story City

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

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

Story City has the higher population (3,363 vs 1,498 in Slater). Slater has the higher median household income ($87,708 vs $73,558 in Story City). Slater has the higher median home value ($222,000 vs $205,800 in Story City).

Population, income & housing

	Slater	Story City
Population	1,498	3,363
Median age	39.0 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,708	$73,558
Median home value	$222,000	$205,800
Median gross rent	$877	$956
Housing units	615	1,610
Homeownership rate	86.6%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Slater	Story City
Population	1,585 → 1,498 (-5.5%)	3,377 → 3,363 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$74,219 → $87,708 (+18.2%)	$77,656 → $73,558 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$164,300 → $222,000 (+35.1%)	$145,500 → $205,800 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $877 (+17.9%)	$736 → $956 (+29.9%)

Slater

Population

1,5851,498

Median household income

$74,219$87,708

Median home value

$164,300$222,000

Median gross rent

$744$877

Story City

Population

3,3773,363

Median household income

$77,656$73,558

Median home value

$145,500$205,800

Median gross rent

$736$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Slater	Story City
Under 5	5.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	9.8%	12.4%
35 to 44	15.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	13.9%
75 and over	6.4%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Slater	Story City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Slater	Story City
No high school diploma	1.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	21.8%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Slater	Story City
Drove alone	74.7%	91.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Slater	Story City
1-unit, detached	82.4%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Slater	Story City
Poverty rate	5.4%	13.1%
Average household size	2.52	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1972	1971