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Saylorville, IA vs Shiloh, PA

Saylorville

Iowa

vs

Shiloh

Pennsylvania

Across 35 directional measures we can compare, Saylorville leads on 16 and Shiloh on 19. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 7% higher in Saylorville, and so is median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,642$1,530
Saylorville is 7% higher
Median household income
$117,821$94,324
Saylorville is 25% higher
Median home value
$314,300$245,600
Saylorville is 28% higher

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $105,400 a year left in Saylorville and $76,500 in Shiloh. Money goes further in Saylorville, by about $28,900 a year.
  • A household earning Saylorville's median of $117,821 would need about $123,000 in Shiloh to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2023 surveys, pay outran rent by 13.1 points a year in Saylorville, and pay outran rent by 0.7 points a year in Shiloh.

How these are calculated

PennsylvaniaIowaShiloh, PASaylorville, IASaylorvilleShilohSaylorvilleShiloh

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#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Shiloh, PAComposite 53.4 / 100
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736236n/a4831n/a

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Every measure

The dots show where each place sits among the 6,645 places we track. The bar is the median. A small dot after a value marks the better one.

MeasureSaylorvilleShilohAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,642$1,530
Rent to income116.7%19.5%
Property tax rate11.3%1.8%
Home price to income12.7x2.6x
Prices vs US average291.796.0
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$1,360$1,327
HUD area median income4$116,400$105,900
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$4,121$4,421
Median home value1$314,300$245,600
Home prices, 1-year change51.7%5.7%
Home prices, 5-year change540.4%54.2%
Homeownership193.7%68.4%
Renters paying 30%+146.2%37.5%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,918$1,754
Vacant homes16.0%4.4%
Median year built119741982
Jobs and income
Median household income1$117,821$94,324
Income per person1$55,770$42,163
Unemployment111.4%4.5%
Average annual pay6$75,176$65,071
Pay growth, 1 year63.6%4.2%
Jobs6314,942182,806
Poverty rate110.3%1.3%
Mean commute118 min25 min
Works from home116.6%14.6%
Commutes by transit10.0%0.6%
People
Population13,36611,246
Median age150.548.0
Bachelor's or higher129.4%25.8%
High school or higher198.0%95.8%
Household size12.52.4
Born abroad110.1%7.7%
No health insurance15.3%4.8%
Homes with broadband195.3%89.4%
Moving
Moved here in the past year15.5%3.0%
Moved from another state12.0%1.9%
Net movers per 1,000 people7-0.26.1
Income of households moving in7$65,403$62,934
Income of households moving out7$68,888$61,585
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k823.015.6
Shops per 10k831.725.6
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k85.03.3
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k822.113.2
Child care centers per 10k82.52.1
Parks per 10k95.96.2
Playgrounds per 10k90.08.9
Grocery stores per 10k90.03.6
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k917.86.2
Libraries per 10k90.00.0
Named paths and bike trails93.30.0
Transit stops per sq mi90.00.2
Nearest National Park Service site10n/a25.8
National Park Service sites within 60 miles10n/a8
National Register listings1121098
Schools
Public schools12134109
Public school students1277,43664,004
Students per teacher1215.614.2
Climate
July average high1385°F85°F
January average low1313°F22°F
Average temperature1350°F53°F
Annual precipitation1335.8 in45.2 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1492.090.4
Hurricane risk1427.592.4
Tornado risk1498.147.6
Wildfire risk1457.741.0
Heat wave risk1496.791.8
Median air quality index154445
Good air days1561.4%59.5%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Saylorville $65,680, Shiloh $61,200 a year.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  15. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology.

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