Moville vs Salix

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

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

Moville has the higher population (1,840 vs 413 in Salix). Moville has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $62,143 in Salix). Moville has the higher median home value ($174,600 vs $162,500 in Salix).

Population, income & housing

	Moville	Salix
Population	1,840	413
Median age	31.3 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$96,250	$62,143
Median home value	$174,600	$162,500
Median gross rent	$763	$914
Housing units	624	193
Homeownership rate	80.8%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moville	Salix
Population	1,812 → 1,840 (+1.5%)	410 → 413 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$68,631 → $96,250 (+40.2%)	$63,333 → $62,143 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$144,800 → $174,600 (+20.6%)	$105,900 → $162,500 (+53.4%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $763 (+11.7%)	$600 → $914 (+52.3%)

Moville

Population

1,8121,840

Median household income

$68,631$96,250

Median home value

$144,800$174,600

Median gross rent

$683$763

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)

	Moville	Salix
Under 5	9.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	26.5%	20.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	15.4%	5.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	9.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	7.1%	17.2%
75 and over	4.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moville	Salix
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	98.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	18.7%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moville	Salix
No high school diploma	8.7%	3.7%
High school graduate	26.7%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moville	Salix
Drove alone	84.1%	77.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moville	Salix
1-unit, detached	90.7%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Moville	Salix
Poverty rate	3.2%	3.4%
Average household size	3.00	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1963	1949