Anita vs Atlantic

A side-by-side comparison of Anita and Atlantic: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Atlantic has the higher population (6,773 vs 1,060 in Anita). Anita has the higher median household income ($65,375 vs $57,486 in Atlantic). Atlantic has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $114,500 in Anita).

Population, income & housing

	Anita	Atlantic
Population	1,060	6,773
Median age	47.9 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,375	$57,486
Median home value	$114,500	$134,900
Median gross rent	$717	$750
Housing units	518	3,493
Homeownership rate	87.1%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anita	Atlantic
Population	1,185 → 1,060 (-10.5%)	6,669 → 6,773 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $65,375 (+47.3%)	$41,542 → $57,486 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$67,000 → $114,500 (+70.9%)	$114,500 → $134,900 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $717 (-4.7%)	$622 → $750 (+20.6%)

Anita

Population

1,1851,060

Median household income

$44,375$65,375

Median home value

$67,000$114,500

Median gross rent

$752$717

Atlantic

Population

6,6696,773

Median household income

$41,542$57,486

Median home value

$114,500$134,900

Median gross rent

$622$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anita	Atlantic
Under 5	2.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	21.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	4.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	2.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	18.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	13.0%
75 and over	12.5%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anita	Atlantic
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anita	Atlantic
No high school diploma	5.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	46.0%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anita	Atlantic
Drove alone	78.7%	80.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	7.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anita	Atlantic
1-unit, detached	90.3%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Anita	Atlantic
Poverty rate	17.7%	23.8%
Average household size	2.21	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	10
Median year structure built	1943	1958