Blockton vs Sharpsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Blockton and Sharpsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blockton has the higher population (137 vs 79 in Sharpsburg). Blockton has the higher median household income ($77,917 vs $46,964 in Sharpsburg). Since 2019, Blockton's population has grown faster (+3.0% vs -35.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Blockton	Sharpsburg
Population	137	79
Median age	49.1 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,917	$46,964
Median home value	—	$96,700
Median gross rent	$729	—
Housing units	99	45
Homeownership rate	55.1%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blockton	Sharpsburg
Population	133 → 137 (+3.0%)	123 → 79 (-35.8%)
Median household income	$35,833 → $77,917 (+117.4%)	$48,281 → $46,964 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$22,500 → $32,900 (+46.2%)	$37,500 → $96,700 (+157.9%)
Median gross rent	$467 → $729 (+56.1%)	$741 → $1,042 (+40.6%)

Blockton

Population

133137

Median household income

$35,833$77,917

Median home value

$22,500$32,900

Median gross rent

$467$729

Sharpsburg

Population

12379

Median household income

$48,281$46,964

Median home value

$37,500$96,700

Median gross rent

$741$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blockton	Sharpsburg
Under 5	7.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	13.9%	3.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	20.3%
35 to 44	6.6%	6.3%
45 to 54	24.1%	38.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	1.3%
75 and over	5.8%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blockton	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blockton	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	4.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	33.0%	52.1%
Some college or associate's	51.1%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blockton	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	85.4%	59.0%
Carpooled	11.0%	41.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blockton	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	88.9%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Blockton	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	3.6%	3.8%
Average household size	1.76	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1951	1938