Albert City vs Storm Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Albert City and Storm Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Albert City and Storm Lake are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Storm Lake has the higher population (11,275 vs 680 in Albert City). Albert City has the higher median household income ($76,094 vs $58,341 in Storm Lake). Storm Lake has the higher median home value ($163,600 vs $92,500 in Albert City).

Population, income & housing

	Albert City	Storm Lake
Population	680	11,275
Median age	45.5 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,094	$58,341
Median home value	$92,500	$163,600
Median gross rent	$778	$830
Housing units	298	4,291
Homeownership rate	79.7%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albert City	Storm Lake
Population	564 → 680 (+20.6%)	10,558 → 11,275 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$48,015 → $76,094 (+58.5%)	$50,565 → $58,341 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$57,000 → $92,500 (+62.3%)	$121,300 → $163,600 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $778 (+31.9%)	$695 → $830 (+19.4%)

Albert City

Population

564680

Median household income

$48,015$76,094

Median home value

$57,000$92,500

Median gross rent

$590$778

Storm Lake

Population

10,55811,275

Median household income

$50,565$58,341

Median home value

$121,300$163,600

Median gross rent

$695$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albert City	Storm Lake
Under 5	7.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	13.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	7.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	9.0%	9.7%
65 to 74	15.3%	7.4%
75 and over	14.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albert City	Storm Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	34.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	14.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	3.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	41.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albert City	Storm Lake
No high school diploma	11.3%	29.3%
High school graduate	32.3%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albert City	Storm Lake
Drove alone	80.2%	61.2%
Carpooled	11.6%	23.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	4.3%	5.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albert City	Storm Lake
1-unit, detached	88.9%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	16.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Albert City	Storm Lake
Poverty rate	13.2%	7.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	11
Median year structure built	1950	1968