New Albin vs Waukon

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

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

Waukon has the higher population (3,796 vs 424 in New Albin). New Albin has the higher median household income ($58,936 vs $56,250 in Waukon). Waukon has the higher median home value ($133,700 vs $130,600 in New Albin).

Population, income & housing

	New Albin	Waukon
Population	424	3,796
Median age	37.7 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,936	$56,250
Median home value	$130,600	$133,700
Median gross rent	$342	$719
Housing units	215	1,895
Homeownership rate	65.8%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Albin	Waukon
Population	563 → 424 (-24.7%)	3,671 → 3,796 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$40,341 → $58,936 (+46.1%)	$45,942 → $56,250 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $130,600 (+32.6%)	$110,600 → $133,700 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$383 → $342 (-10.7%)	$545 → $719 (+31.9%)

New Albin

Population

563424

Median household income

$40,341$58,936

Median home value

$98,500$130,600

Median gross rent

$383$342

Waukon

Population

3,6713,796

Median household income

$45,942$56,250

Median home value

$110,600$133,700

Median gross rent

$545$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Albin	Waukon
Under 5	5.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	21.5%	5.1%
25 to 34	5.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	6.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	5.4%	12.7%
75 and over	14.9%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Albin	Waukon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Albin	Waukon
No high school diploma	1.2%	9.7%
High school graduate	48.1%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Albin	Waukon
Drove alone	51.0%	74.9%
Carpooled	10.8%	9.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	34.4%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	7.9%
Other means	2.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Albin	Waukon
1-unit, detached	89.8%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	New Albin	Waukon
Poverty rate	3.3%	11.8%
Average household size	2.16	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1938	1960