About Sergeant Bluff

Sergeant Bluff is a very small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 3,308 people and just one neighborhood, Sergeant Bluff is the 117th largest community in Iowa.

Unlike some cities , Sergeant Bluff isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Sergeant Bluff are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sergeant Bluff is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sergeant Bluff who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.11%), sales jobs (15.42%), and teaching (7.44%).

Also of interest is that Sergeant Bluff has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Sergeant Bluff is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Sergeant Bluff's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Sergeant Bluff spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 14.54 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Sergeant Bluff is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Sergeant Bluff isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.65% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small city, Sergeant Bluff does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Sergeant Bluff Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Sergeant Bluff is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 21.19% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Sergeant Bluff in 2000 was $19,320, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,280 for a family of four.

The people who call Sergeant Bluff home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Sergeant Bluff is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Sergeant Bluff include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, Swedish, French, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Sergeant Bluff is English.