Correctionville vs Sergeant Bluff

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

Correctionville 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 768 in Correctionville). Sergeant Bluff has the higher median household income ($122,610 vs $51,125 in Correctionville). Sergeant Bluff has the higher median home value ($287,600 vs $83,000 in Correctionville).

Population, income & housing

	Correctionville	Sergeant Bluff
Population	768	5,090
Median age	35.5 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,125	$122,610
Median home value	$83,000	$287,600
Median gross rent	$775	$1,232
Housing units	336	1,837
Homeownership rate	89.4%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Correctionville	Sergeant Bluff
Population	807 → 768 (-4.8%)	4,798 → 5,090 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$44,500 → $51,125 (+14.9%)	$97,292 → $122,610 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $83,000 (+20.6%)	$229,800 → $287,600 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $775 (+44.1%)	$1,065 → $1,232 (+15.7%)

Correctionville

Population

807768

Median household income

$44,500$51,125

Median home value

$68,800$83,000

Median gross rent

$538$775

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)

	Correctionville	Sergeant Bluff
Under 5	8.5%	7.3%
5 to 17	25.7%	22.8%
18 to 24	2.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	5.7%	16.7%
45 to 54	6.9%	14.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	6.3%
75 and over	13.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Correctionville	Sergeant Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	21.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Correctionville	Sergeant Bluff
No high school diploma	15.1%	3.0%
High school graduate	45.8%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Correctionville	Sergeant Bluff
Drove alone	74.6%	86.3%
Carpooled	14.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Correctionville	Sergeant Bluff
1-unit, detached	89.9%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	24.6%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Correctionville	Sergeant Bluff
Poverty rate	14.8%	7.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	32	14
Median year structure built	1948	2000