New Albin vs Postville

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

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

Postville has the higher population (2,787 vs 424 in New Albin). New Albin has the higher median household income ($58,936 vs $47,281 in Postville). New Albin has the higher median home value ($130,600 vs $100,300 in Postville).

Population, income & housing

	New Albin	Postville
Population	424	2,787
Median age	37.7 yrs	25.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,936	$47,281
Median home value	$130,600	$100,300
Median gross rent	$342	$872
Housing units	215	980
Homeownership rate	65.8%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Albin	Postville
Population	563 → 424 (-24.7%)	2,547 → 2,787 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$40,341 → $58,936 (+46.1%)	$51,250 → $47,281 (-7.7%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $130,600 (+32.6%)	$84,200 → $100,300 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$383 → $342 (-10.7%)	$722 → $872 (+20.8%)

New Albin

Population

563424

Median household income

$40,341$58,936

Median home value

$98,500$130,600

Median gross rent

$383$342

Postville

Population

2,5472,787

Median household income

$51,250$47,281

Median home value

$84,200$100,300

Median gross rent

$722$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Albin	Postville
Under 5	5.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	28.7%
18 to 24	21.5%	13.0%
25 to 34	5.4%	8.8%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	6.8%	6.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	7.5%
65 to 74	5.4%	5.1%
75 and over	14.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Albin	Postville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	45.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	41.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Albin	Postville
No high school diploma	1.2%	18.8%
High school graduate	48.1%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Albin	Postville
Drove alone	51.0%	66.4%
Carpooled	10.8%	13.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	34.4%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	0.8%	8.5%
Other means	2.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Albin	Postville
1-unit, detached	89.8%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	24.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	New Albin	Postville
Poverty rate	3.3%	25.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1938	1951