Atlantic vs Cumberland

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

Atlantic and Cumberland 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 262 in Cumberland). Atlantic has the higher median household income ($57,486 vs $44,427 in Cumberland). Atlantic has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $60,000 in Cumberland).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic	Cumberland
Population	6,773	262
Median age	43.0 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,486	$44,427
Median home value	$134,900	$60,000
Median gross rent	$750	$755
Housing units	3,493	115
Homeownership rate	61.9%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic	Cumberland
Population	6,669 → 6,773 (+1.6%)	190 → 262 (+37.9%)
Median household income	$41,542 → $57,486 (+38.4%)	$31,667 → $44,427 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$114,500 → $134,900 (+17.8%)	$51,700 → $60,000 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $750 (+20.6%)	$482 → $755 (+56.6%)

Atlantic

Population

6,6696,773

Median household income

$41,542$57,486

Median home value

$114,500$134,900

Median gross rent

$622$750

Cumberland

Population

190262

Median household income

$31,667$44,427

Median home value

$51,700$60,000

Median gross rent

$482$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic	Cumberland
Under 5	5.4%	1.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	8.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	29.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	9.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.8%
75 and over	9.9%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic	Cumberland
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	93.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic	Cumberland
No high school diploma	7.3%	26.3%
High school graduate	38.7%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic	Cumberland
Drove alone	80.5%	83.2%
Carpooled	5.5%	4.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	11.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic	Cumberland
1-unit, detached	69.9%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	4.3%
20 or more units	8.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic	Cumberland
Poverty rate	23.8%	16.8%
Average household size	2.09	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	10	26
Median year structure built	1958	1938