Atkins vs Urbana

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

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

Atkins has the higher population (2,347 vs 1,628 in Urbana). Atkins has the higher median household income ($115,625 vs $112,672 in Urbana). Atkins has the higher median home value ($302,600 vs $224,100 in Urbana).

Population, income & housing

	Atkins	Urbana
Population	2,347	1,628
Median age	37.7 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$115,625	$112,672
Median home value	$302,600	$224,100
Median gross rent	$585	$776
Housing units	811	572
Homeownership rate	92.0%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atkins	Urbana
Population	1,991 → 2,347 (+17.9%)	1,517 → 1,628 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$95,455 → $115,625 (+21.1%)	$88,333 → $112,672 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$223,500 → $302,600 (+35.4%)	$151,600 → $224,100 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $585 (+0.0%)	$637 → $776 (+21.8%)

Atkins

Population

1,9912,347

Median household income

$95,455$115,625

Median home value

$223,500$302,600

Median gross rent

$585$585

Urbana

Population

1,5171,628

Median household income

$88,333$112,672

Median home value

$151,600$224,100

Median gross rent

$637$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atkins	Urbana
Under 5	5.5%	10.4%
5 to 17	23.1%	21.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	7.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	17.3%	15.4%
45 to 54	16.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	6.9%
65 to 74	6.0%	6.1%
75 and over	4.1%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atkins	Urbana
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atkins	Urbana
No high school diploma	1.4%	3.5%
High school graduate	23.7%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atkins	Urbana
Drove alone	81.0%	84.5%
Carpooled	4.6%	2.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	12.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atkins	Urbana
1-unit, detached	91.0%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Atkins	Urbana
Poverty rate	3.2%	8.9%
Average household size	2.93	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	2002	1994