Urbana vs Vinton

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

Urbana 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 1,628 in Urbana). Urbana has the higher median household income ($112,672 vs $65,488 in Vinton). Urbana has the higher median home value ($224,100 vs $146,400 in Vinton).

Population, income & housing

	Urbana	Vinton
Population	1,628	4,948
Median age	31.3 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$112,672	$65,488
Median home value	$224,100	$146,400
Median gross rent	$776	$868
Housing units	572	2,381
Homeownership rate	93.3%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Urbana	Vinton
Population	1,517 → 1,628 (+7.3%)	5,103 → 4,948 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$88,333 → $112,672 (+27.6%)	$48,068 → $65,488 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $224,100 (+47.8%)	$137,600 → $146,400 (+6.4%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $776 (+21.8%)	$657 → $868 (+32.1%)

Urbana

Population

1,5171,628

Median household income

$88,333$112,672

Median home value

$151,600$224,100

Median gross rent

$637$776

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)

	Urbana	Vinton
Under 5	10.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	21.3%	20.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	7.7%
35 to 44	15.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	6.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	6.1%	15.0%
75 and over	3.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Urbana	Vinton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Urbana	Vinton
No high school diploma	3.5%	10.8%
High school graduate	29.9%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Urbana	Vinton
Drove alone	84.5%	76.5%
Carpooled	2.9%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	3.8%
Other means	0.6%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Urbana	Vinton
1-unit, detached	91.1%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Urbana	Vinton
Poverty rate	8.9%	12.3%
Average household size	3.05	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1994	1953