Aplington vs New Hartford

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

Aplington and New Hartford 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 763 in New Hartford). Aplington has the higher median household income ($70,093 vs $67,054 in New Hartford). Aplington has the higher median home value ($131,800 vs $112,100 in New Hartford).

Population, income & housing

	Aplington	New Hartford
Population	1,012	763
Median age	37.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,093	$67,054
Median home value	$131,800	$112,100
Median gross rent	$650	$904
Housing units	444	292
Homeownership rate	84.8%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aplington	New Hartford
Population	968 → 1,012 (+4.5%)	703 → 763 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$56,186 → $70,093 (+24.8%)	$53,854 → $67,054 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $131,800 (+43.1%)	$82,400 → $112,100 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $650 (+8.5%)	$700 → $904 (+29.1%)

Aplington

Population

9681,012

Median household income

$56,186$70,093

Median home value

$92,100$131,800

Median gross rent

$599$650

New Hartford

Population

703763

Median household income

$53,854$67,054

Median home value

$82,400$112,100

Median gross rent

$700$904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aplington	New Hartford
Under 5	11.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	24.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	6.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.9%
75 and over	12.8%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aplington	New Hartford
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aplington	New Hartford
No high school diploma	5.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	38.3%	52.9%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aplington	New Hartford
Drove alone	84.9%	89.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	6.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aplington	New Hartford
1-unit, detached	86.7%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	6.5%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Aplington	New Hartford
Poverty rate	7.0%	17.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1960	1957