IA area data
Salix, IA
Salix, IA.
Population: 1,050 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 379.0 (+3.7% YoY)
Market activity
- Median sale price
- $325,000
- Median days on market
- 58 days
- Sale-to-list ratio
- 97.3%
Rents
- 2-bedroom fair-market rent (HUD reference)
- $1,088/mo
- 3BR fair-market rent
- $1,415/mo
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Low)
- 89.5 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 13.7¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $10.60/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Moderate
- Top hazards
- hail, iceStorm, strongWind, tornado, winterWeather
- FEMA flood zone
- X
- Flood risk level
- Minimal
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 79.0°F
- Average high
- 80.0°F
- Average low
- 78.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 48.3 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 43
- Days with Good air quality
- 71
- Days with Unhealthy air quality
- 2
Walkability & transit
- Walkability index
- 5.0 / 20
- Transit service frequency
- -99,999
Amenities
- Nearest airport
- Lakeport Farms Airport (3 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field (SUX) (9 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 339
- Avg hospital rating
- 3.0 / 5
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.1 kWh/m²/day)
Migration
- Net migration
- -357 tax filers
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,962
- Median annual property tax
- $2,577
- Households with broadband internet
- 62.2%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 44,932
- Average weekly wage
- $987
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Administrative Services
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 76
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