Anthon vs Sergeant Bluff

A side-by-side comparison of Anthon and Sergeant Bluff: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sergeant Bluff has the higher population (5,090 vs 488 in Anthon). Sergeant Bluff has the higher median household income ($122,610 vs $52,500 in Anthon). Sergeant Bluff has the higher median home value ($287,600 vs $94,800 in Anthon).

Population, income & housing

	Anthon	Sergeant Bluff
Population	488	5,090
Median age	46.0 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$122,610
Median home value	$94,800	$287,600
Median gross rent	$1,035	$1,232
Housing units	305	1,837
Homeownership rate	82.8%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anthon	Sergeant Bluff
Population	649 → 488 (-24.8%)	4,798 → 5,090 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $52,500 (-4.5%)	$97,292 → $122,610 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $94,800 (+20.9%)	$229,800 → $287,600 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $1,035 (+43.6%)	$1,065 → $1,232 (+15.7%)

Anthon

Population

649488

Median household income

$55,000$52,500

Median home value

$78,400$94,800

Median gross rent

$721$1,035

Sergeant Bluff

Population

4,7985,090

Median household income

$97,292$122,610

Median home value

$229,800$287,600

Median gross rent

$1,065$1,232

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anthon	Sergeant Bluff
Under 5	6.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	9.6%	22.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	7.4%	16.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	6.3%
75 and over	10.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anthon	Sergeant Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anthon	Sergeant Bluff
No high school diploma	4.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	37.8%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anthon	Sergeant Bluff
Drove alone	76.7%	86.3%
Carpooled	10.7%	8.1%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anthon	Sergeant Bluff
1-unit, detached	95.4%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	24.6%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Anthon	Sergeant Bluff
Poverty rate	16.0%	7.7%
Average household size	2.10	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	27	14
Median year structure built	1944	2000