Lansing vs New Albin

A side-by-side comparison of Lansing and New Albin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lansing has the higher population (1,111 vs 424 in New Albin). New Albin has the higher median household income ($58,936 vs $49,537 in Lansing). Lansing has the higher median home value ($145,800 vs $130,600 in New Albin).

Population, income & housing

	Lansing	New Albin
Population	1,111	424
Median age	49.4 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,537	$58,936
Median home value	$145,800	$130,600
Median gross rent	$581	$342
Housing units	667	215
Homeownership rate	76.5%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansing	New Albin
Population	880 → 1,111 (+26.3%)	563 → 424 (-24.7%)
Median household income	$40,769 → $49,537 (+21.5%)	$40,341 → $58,936 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $145,800 (+25.8%)	$98,500 → $130,600 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $581 (-16.3%)	$383 → $342 (-10.7%)

Lansing

Population

8801,111

Median household income

$40,769$49,537

Median home value

$115,900$145,800

Median gross rent

$694$581

New Albin

Population

563424

Median household income

$40,341$58,936

Median home value

$98,500$130,600

Median gross rent

$383$342

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lansing	New Albin
Under 5	10.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	21.5%
25 to 34	5.9%	5.4%
35 to 44	6.8%	9.4%
45 to 54	15.4%	6.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	14.9%
65 to 74	20.3%	5.4%
75 and over	10.0%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansing	New Albin
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	97.2%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansing	New Albin
No high school diploma	2.6%	1.2%
High school graduate	50.5%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansing	New Albin
Drove alone	75.5%	51.0%
Carpooled	6.6%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	11.5%	34.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	0.8%
Other means	1.4%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansing	New Albin
1-unit, detached	71.7%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Lansing	New Albin
Poverty rate	16.0%	3.3%
Average household size	2.24	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1941	1938