Correctionville vs Salix

A side-by-side comparison of Correctionville and Salix: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Correctionville has the higher population (768 vs 413 in Salix). Salix has the higher median household income ($62,143 vs $51,125 in Correctionville). Salix has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $83,000 in Correctionville).

Population, income & housing

	Correctionville	Salix
Population	768	413
Median age	35.5 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,125	$62,143
Median home value	$83,000	$162,500
Median gross rent	$775	$914
Housing units	336	193
Homeownership rate	89.4%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Correctionville	Salix
Population	807 → 768 (-4.8%)	410 → 413 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$44,500 → $51,125 (+14.9%)	$63,333 → $62,143 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $83,000 (+20.6%)	$105,900 → $162,500 (+53.4%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $775 (+44.1%)	$600 → $914 (+52.3%)

Correctionville

Population

807768

Median household income

$44,500$51,125

Median home value

$68,800$83,000

Median gross rent

$538$775

Salix

Population

410413

Median household income

$63,333$62,143

Median home value

$105,900$162,500

Median gross rent

$600$914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Correctionville	Salix
Under 5	8.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	25.7%	20.8%
18 to 24	2.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	5.3%
35 to 44	5.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	6.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	17.2%
75 and over	13.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Correctionville	Salix
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	21.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Correctionville	Salix
No high school diploma	15.1%	3.7%
High school graduate	45.8%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Correctionville	Salix
Drove alone	74.6%	77.3%
Carpooled	14.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Correctionville	Salix
1-unit, detached	89.9%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Correctionville	Salix
Poverty rate	14.8%	3.4%
Average household size	2.52	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	1948	1949