Belle Plaine vs Vinton

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

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

Vinton has the higher population (4,948 vs 2,412 in Belle Plaine). Belle Plaine has the higher median household income ($70,517 vs $65,488 in Vinton). Vinton has the higher median home value ($146,400 vs $111,600 in Belle Plaine).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Plaine	Vinton
Population	2,412	4,948
Median age	45.1 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,517	$65,488
Median home value	$111,600	$146,400
Median gross rent	$796	$868
Housing units	1,193	2,381
Homeownership rate	77.2%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Plaine	Vinton
Population	2,477 → 2,412 (-2.6%)	5,103 → 4,948 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$49,471 → $70,517 (+42.5%)	$48,068 → $65,488 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $111,600 (+34.8%)	$137,600 → $146,400 (+6.4%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $796 (+48.8%)	$657 → $868 (+32.1%)

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

Vinton

Population

5,1034,948

Median household income

$48,068$65,488

Median home value

$137,600$146,400

Median gross rent

$657$868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Plaine	Vinton
Under 5	6.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	10.9%	20.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	7.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	14.6%	15.0%
75 and over	8.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Plaine	Vinton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Plaine	Vinton
No high school diploma	5.8%	10.8%
High school graduate	38.8%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Plaine	Vinton
Drove alone	86.5%	76.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.2%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.7%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Plaine	Vinton
1-unit, detached	84.7%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Belle Plaine	Vinton
Poverty rate	6.1%	12.3%
Average household size	2.33	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1952	1953