Moville vs Sergeant Bluff

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

Moville 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 1,840 in Moville). Sergeant Bluff has the higher median household income ($122,610 vs $96,250 in Moville). Sergeant Bluff has the higher median home value ($287,600 vs $174,600 in Moville).

Population, income & housing

	Moville	Sergeant Bluff
Population	1,840	5,090
Median age	31.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$96,250	$122,610
Median home value	$174,600	$287,600
Median gross rent	$763	$1,232
Housing units	624	1,837
Homeownership rate	80.8%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moville	Sergeant Bluff
Population	1,812 → 1,840 (+1.5%)	4,798 → 5,090 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$68,631 → $96,250 (+40.2%)	$97,292 → $122,610 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$144,800 → $174,600 (+20.6%)	$229,800 → $287,600 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $763 (+11.7%)	$1,065 → $1,232 (+15.7%)

Moville

Population

1,8121,840

Median household income

$68,631$96,250

Median home value

$144,800$174,600

Median gross rent

$683$763

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)

	Moville	Sergeant Bluff
Under 5	9.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	26.5%	22.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.2%	16.7%
45 to 54	9.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.1%	6.3%
75 and over	4.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moville	Sergeant Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	89.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	18.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moville	Sergeant Bluff
No high school diploma	8.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	26.7%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moville	Sergeant Bluff
Drove alone	84.1%	86.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moville	Sergeant Bluff
1-unit, detached	90.7%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	24.6%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Moville	Sergeant Bluff
Poverty rate	3.2%	7.7%
Average household size	3.00	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	25	14
Median year structure built	1963	2000