Gravity vs Sharpsburg

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

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

Gravity has the higher population (171 vs 79 in Sharpsburg). Gravity has the higher median household income ($51,071 vs $46,964 in Sharpsburg). Sharpsburg has the higher median home value ($96,700 vs $48,600 in Gravity).

Population, income & housing

	Gravity	Sharpsburg
Population	171	79
Median age	43.3 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,071	$46,964
Median home value	$48,600	$96,700
Median gross rent	$800	—
Housing units	97	45
Homeownership rate	73.0%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gravity	Sharpsburg
Population	146 → 171 (+17.1%)	123 → 79 (-35.8%)
Median household income	$37,000 → $51,071 (+38.0%)	$48,281 → $46,964 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$30,000 → $48,600 (+62.0%)	$37,500 → $96,700 (+157.9%)
Median gross rent	$610 → $800 (+31.1%)	$741 → $1,042 (+40.6%)

Gravity

Population

146171

Median household income

$37,000$51,071

Median home value

$30,000$48,600

Median gross rent

$610$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)

	Gravity	Sharpsburg
Under 5	2.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	3.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	20.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	6.3%
45 to 54	7.0%	38.0%
55 to 64	21.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	14.0%	1.3%
75 and over	4.7%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gravity	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+

	Gravity	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	14.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	45.5%	52.1%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gravity	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	72.9%	59.0%
Carpooled	20.8%	41.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gravity	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	94.8%	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	5.2%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Gravity	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	12.9%	3.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1938	1938