Albert City vs Alta

A side-by-side comparison of Albert City and Alta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alta has the higher population (2,344 vs 680 in Albert City). Albert City has the higher median household income ($76,094 vs $66,118 in Alta). Alta has the higher median home value ($125,800 vs $92,500 in Albert City).

Population, income & housing

	Albert City	Alta
Population	680	2,344
Median age	45.5 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,094	$66,118
Median home value	$92,500	$125,800
Median gross rent	$778	$915
Housing units	298	881
Homeownership rate	79.7%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	17.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albert City	Alta
Population	564 → 680 (+20.6%)	2,039 → 2,344 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$48,015 → $76,094 (+58.5%)	$59,000 → $66,118 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$57,000 → $92,500 (+62.3%)	$111,000 → $125,800 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $778 (+31.9%)	$744 → $915 (+23.0%)

Albert City

Population

564680

Median household income

$48,015$76,094

Median home value

$57,000$92,500

Median gross rent

$590$778

Alta

Population

2,0392,344

Median household income

$59,000$66,118

Median home value

$111,000$125,800

Median gross rent

$744$915

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albert City	Alta
Under 5	7.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	24.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	10.0%
35 to 44	7.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	9.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	15.3%	4.7%
75 and over	14.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albert City	Alta
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	56.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	12.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	20.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albert City	Alta
No high school diploma	11.3%	11.5%
High school graduate	32.3%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albert City	Alta
Drove alone	80.2%	76.6%
Carpooled	11.6%	17.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	4.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albert City	Alta
1-unit, detached	88.9%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Albert City	Alta
Poverty rate	13.2%	7.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	28	14
Median year structure built	1950	1962