Atlantic vs Lewis

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

Atlantic and Lewis 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 465 in Lewis). Atlantic has the higher median household income ($57,486 vs $34,341 in Lewis). Atlantic has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $60,700 in Lewis).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic	Lewis
Population	6,773	465
Median age	43.0 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,486	$34,341
Median home value	$134,900	$60,700
Median gross rent	$750	$638
Housing units	3,493	250
Homeownership rate	61.9%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic	Lewis
Population	6,669 → 6,773 (+1.6%)	420 → 465 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$41,542 → $57,486 (+38.4%)	$52,813 → $34,341 (-35.0%)
Median home value	$114,500 → $134,900 (+17.8%)	$66,300 → $60,700 (-8.4%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $750 (+20.6%)	$517 → $638 (+23.4%)

Atlantic

Population

6,6696,773

Median household income

$41,542$57,486

Median home value

$114,500$134,900

Median gross rent

$622$750

Lewis

Population

420465

Median household income

$52,813$34,341

Median home value

$66,300$60,700

Median gross rent

$517$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic	Lewis
Under 5	5.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.4%	13.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	4.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	7.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	6.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	26.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	23.2%
75 and over	9.9%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic	Lewis
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	91.8%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic	Lewis
No high school diploma	7.3%	12.7%
High school graduate	38.7%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic	Lewis
Drove alone	80.5%	88.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	1.4%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic	Lewis
1-unit, detached	69.9%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic	Lewis
Poverty rate	23.8%	14.4%
Average household size	2.09	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	10	18
Median year structure built	1958	1938