Sergeant Bluff vs Sloan

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

Sergeant Bluff and Sloan 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 884 in Sloan). Sergeant Bluff has the higher median household income ($122,610 vs $73,750 in Sloan). Sergeant Bluff has the higher median home value ($287,600 vs $191,400 in Sloan).

Population, income & housing

	Sergeant Bluff	Sloan
Population	5,090	884
Median age	36.2 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$122,610	$73,750
Median home value	$287,600	$191,400
Median gross rent	$1,232	$872
Housing units	1,837	378
Homeownership rate	73.0%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.9%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sergeant Bluff	Sloan
Population	4,798 → 5,090 (+6.1%)	1,215 → 884 (-27.2%)
Median household income	$97,292 → $122,610 (+26.0%)	$64,375 → $73,750 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$229,800 → $287,600 (+25.2%)	$135,400 → $191,400 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,065 → $1,232 (+15.7%)	$810 → $872 (+7.7%)

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

Sloan

Population

1,215884

Median household income

$64,375$73,750

Median home value

$135,400$191,400

Median gross rent

$810$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sergeant Bluff	Sloan
Under 5	7.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	22.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	8.0%
35 to 44	16.7%	6.9%
45 to 54	14.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.4%	21.5%
65 to 74	6.3%	11.1%
75 and over	5.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sergeant Bluff	Sloan
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	89.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	7.4%
Asian	3.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sergeant Bluff	Sloan
No high school diploma	3.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	22.4%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sergeant Bluff	Sloan
Drove alone	86.3%	79.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	5.3%	6.6%
Other means	0.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sergeant Bluff	Sloan
1-unit, detached	59.1%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	24.6%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	3.7%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Sergeant Bluff	Sloan
Poverty rate	7.7%	12.6%
Average household size	2.91	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	14	18
Median year structure built	2000	1967