Conway vs Sharpsburg

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

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

Sharpsburg has the higher population (79 vs 30 in Conway). Sharpsburg has the higher median household income ($46,964 vs $21,518 in Conway). Sharpsburg has the higher median home value ($96,700 vs $22,800 in Conway).

Population, income & housing

	Conway	Sharpsburg
Population	30	79
Median age	85.8 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$21,518	$46,964
Median home value	$22,800	$96,700
Housing units	27	45
Homeownership rate	100.0%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conway	Sharpsburg
Population	31 → 30 (-3.2%)	123 → 79 (-35.8%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $21,518 (-47.8%)	$48,281 → $46,964 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$21,300 → $22,800 (+7.0%)	$37,500 → $96,700 (+157.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$741 → $1,042 (+40.6%)

Conway

Population

3130

Median household income

$41,250$21,518

Median home value

$21,300$22,800

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)

	Conway	Sharpsburg
Under 5	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	3.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	20.3%
35 to 44	3.3%	6.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	38.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	6.7%	1.3%
75 and over	90.0%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conway	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conway	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	40.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	56.7%	52.1%
Some college or associate's	3.3%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conway	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	100.0%	59.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conway	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	100.0%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Conway	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	3.3%	3.8%
Average household size	1.76	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1938	1938