Aplington vs Aredale

A side-by-side comparison of Aplington and Aredale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Aplington has the higher population (1,012 vs 46 in Aredale). Aplington has the higher median household income ($70,093 vs $28,000 in Aredale). Aplington has the higher median home value ($131,800 vs $58,300 in Aredale).

Population, income & housing

	Aplington	Aredale
Population	1,012	46
Median age	37.6 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,093	$28,000
Median home value	$131,800	$58,300
Median gross rent	$650	—
Housing units	444	35
Homeownership rate	84.8%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aplington	Aredale
Population	968 → 1,012 (+4.5%)	46 → 46 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$56,186 → $70,093 (+24.8%)	$33,750 → $28,000 (-17.0%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $131,800 (+43.1%)	$42,500 → $58,300 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $650 (+8.5%)	$667 → $600 (-10.0%)

Aplington

Population

9681,012

Median household income

$56,186$70,093

Median home value

$92,100$131,800

Median gross rent

$599$650

Aredale

Population

4646

Median household income

$33,750$28,000

Median home value

$42,500$58,300

Median gross rent

$667$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aplington	Aredale
Under 5	11.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	8.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	15.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	6.8%	2.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	8.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	28.3%
75 and over	12.8%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aplington	Aredale
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aplington	Aredale
No high school diploma	5.0%	10.5%
High school graduate	38.3%	57.9%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aplington	Aredale
Drove alone	84.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aplington	Aredale
1-unit, detached	86.7%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aplington	Aredale
Poverty rate	7.0%	30.4%
Average household size	2.51	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1960	1938