Lawton vs Sergeant Bluff

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

Lawton 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 906 in Lawton). Sergeant Bluff has the higher median household income ($122,610 vs $90,278 in Lawton). Sergeant Bluff has the higher median home value ($287,600 vs $246,800 in Lawton).

Population, income & housing

	Lawton	Sergeant Bluff
Population	906	5,090
Median age	39.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,278	$122,610
Median home value	$246,800	$287,600
Median gross rent	$854	$1,232
Housing units	390	1,837
Homeownership rate	78.7%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawton	Sergeant Bluff
Population	1,105 → 906 (-18.0%)	4,798 → 5,090 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$75,000 → $90,278 (+20.4%)	$97,292 → $122,610 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $246,800 (+43.8%)	$229,800 → $287,600 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $854 (+26.1%)	$1,065 → $1,232 (+15.7%)

Lawton

Population

1,105906

Median household income

$75,000$90,278

Median home value

$171,600$246,800

Median gross rent

$677$854

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)

	Lawton	Sergeant Bluff
Under 5	4.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	24.2%	22.8%
18 to 24	4.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	16.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	6.3%
75 and over	5.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawton	Sergeant Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawton	Sergeant Bluff
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	27.3%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawton	Sergeant Bluff
Drove alone	90.6%	86.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawton	Sergeant Bluff
1-unit, detached	82.1%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	24.6%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	2.8%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Lawton	Sergeant Bluff
Poverty rate	8.3%	7.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	22	14
Median year structure built	1980	2000