Ackworth vs Sandyville

A side-by-side comparison of Ackworth and Sandyville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ackworth has the higher population (92 vs 43 in Sandyville). Ackworth has the higher median household income ($115,625 vs $46,250 in Sandyville). Since 2019, Sandyville's population has grown faster (-50.6% vs -64.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Ackworth	Sandyville
Population	92	43
Median age	38.7 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$115,625	$46,250
Median home value	$400,000	—
Housing units	40	14
Homeownership rate	66.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ackworth	Sandyville
Population	261 → 92 (-64.8%)	87 → 43 (-50.6%)
Median household income	$73,750 → $115,625 (+56.8%)	$65,781 → $46,250 (-29.7%)
Median home value	$269,400 → $400,000 (+48.5%)	$141,700 → $162,500 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,200 (+40.2%)	—

Ackworth

Population

26192

Median household income

$73,750$115,625

Median home value

$269,400$400,000

Median gross rent

$856$1,200

Sandyville

Population

8743

Median household income

$65,781$46,250

Median home value

$141,700$162,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ackworth	Sandyville
Under 5	5.4%	23.3%
5 to 17	23.9%	9.3%
18 to 24	3.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.7%
35 to 44	28.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	16.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	7.6%	30.2%
65 to 74	1.1%	2.3%
75 and over	14.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ackworth	Sandyville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	100.0%
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	15.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ackworth	Sandyville
No high school diploma	1.6%	20.7%
High school graduate	24.2%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ackworth	Sandyville
Drove alone	89.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ackworth	Sandyville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	78.6%
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%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Ackworth	Sandyville
Poverty rate	19.6%	16.3%
Average household size	2.79	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	2003	1938