Iowa vs Sulphur

A side-by-side comparison of Iowa and Sulphur: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sulphur has the higher population (21,004 vs 3,246 in Iowa). Iowa has the higher median household income ($72,868 vs $58,044 in Sulphur). Iowa has the higher median home value ($243,200 vs $175,200 in Sulphur).

Population, income & housing

	Iowa	Sulphur
Population	3,246	21,004
Median age	37.4 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,868	$58,044
Median home value	$243,200	$175,200
Median gross rent	$1,070	$1,015
Housing units	1,502	10,410
Homeownership rate	76.6%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iowa	Sulphur
Population	3,225 → 3,246 (+0.7%)	20,113 → 21,004 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$43,942 → $72,868 (+65.8%)	$53,287 → $58,044 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$136,800 → $243,200 (+77.8%)	$141,700 → $175,200 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$827 → $1,070 (+29.4%)	$850 → $1,015 (+19.4%)

Iowa

Population

3,2253,246

Median household income

$43,942$72,868

Median home value

$136,800$243,200

Median gross rent

$827$1,070

Sulphur

Population

20,11321,004

Median household income

$53,287$58,044

Median home value

$141,700$175,200

Median gross rent

$850$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iowa	Sulphur
Under 5	4.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	22.3%	18.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	10.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.3%	12.5%
75 and over	11.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iowa	Sulphur
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	84.2%
Black or African American	22.7%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iowa	Sulphur
No high school diploma	8.8%	14.1%
High school graduate	41.4%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iowa	Sulphur
Drove alone	66.8%	86.5%
Carpooled	26.2%	7.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.5%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iowa	Sulphur
1-unit, detached	80.6%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Iowa	Sulphur
Poverty rate	11.1%	17.2%
Average household size	2.81	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1994	1977