Atkins vs Belle Plaine

A side-by-side comparison of Atkins and Belle Plaine: population, income, housing, and more.

Atkins and Belle Plaine are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belle Plaine has the higher population (2,412 vs 2,347 in Atkins). Atkins has the higher median household income ($115,625 vs $70,517 in Belle Plaine). Atkins has the higher median home value ($302,600 vs $111,600 in Belle Plaine).

Population, income & housing

	Atkins	Belle Plaine
Population	2,347	2,412
Median age	37.7 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$115,625	$70,517
Median home value	$302,600	$111,600
Median gross rent	$585	$796
Housing units	811	1,193
Homeownership rate	92.0%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atkins	Belle Plaine
Population	1,991 → 2,347 (+17.9%)	2,477 → 2,412 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$95,455 → $115,625 (+21.1%)	$49,471 → $70,517 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$223,500 → $302,600 (+35.4%)	$82,800 → $111,600 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $585 (+0.0%)	$535 → $796 (+48.8%)

Atkins

Population

1,9912,347

Median household income

$95,455$115,625

Median home value

$223,500$302,600

Median gross rent

$585$585

Belle Plaine

Population

2,4772,412

Median household income

$49,471$70,517

Median home value

$82,800$111,600

Median gross rent

$535$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atkins	Belle Plaine
Under 5	5.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	23.1%	10.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	7.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	17.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	16.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.3%
65 to 74	6.0%	14.6%
75 and over	4.1%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atkins	Belle Plaine
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atkins	Belle Plaine
No high school diploma	1.4%	5.8%
High school graduate	23.7%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atkins	Belle Plaine
Drove alone	81.0%	86.5%
Carpooled	4.6%	5.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	6.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atkins	Belle Plaine
1-unit, detached	91.0%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Atkins	Belle Plaine
Poverty rate	3.2%	6.1%
Average household size	2.93	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	2002	1952