Atlantic vs Massena

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

Atlantic and Massena 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 410 in Massena). Massena has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $57,486 in Atlantic). Atlantic has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $96,900 in Massena).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic	Massena
Population	6,773	410
Median age	43.0 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,486	$61,250
Median home value	$134,900	$96,900
Median gross rent	$750	$584
Housing units	3,493	186
Homeownership rate	61.9%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic	Massena
Population	6,669 → 6,773 (+1.6%)	314 → 410 (+30.6%)
Median household income	$41,542 → $57,486 (+38.4%)	$52,500 → $61,250 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$114,500 → $134,900 (+17.8%)	$76,900 → $96,900 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $750 (+20.6%)	$486 → $584 (+20.2%)

Atlantic

Population

6,6696,773

Median household income

$41,542$57,486

Median home value

$114,500$134,900

Median gross rent

$622$750

Massena

Population

314410

Median household income

$52,500$61,250

Median home value

$76,900$96,900

Median gross rent

$486$584

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic	Massena
Under 5	5.4%	9.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	11.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	15.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	3.7%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.7%
75 and over	9.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic	Massena
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	91.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic	Massena
No high school diploma	7.3%	4.0%
High school graduate	38.7%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic	Massena
Drove alone	80.5%	82.6%
Carpooled	5.5%	6.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	9.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	1.7%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic	Massena
1-unit, detached	69.9%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	4.3%
20 or more units	8.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic	Massena
Poverty rate	23.8%	9.0%
Average household size	2.09	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	10	29
Median year structure built	1958	1964