Alta Vista vs Bassett

A side-by-side comparison of Alta Vista and Bassett: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alta Vista has the higher population (171 vs 58 in Bassett). Bassett has the higher median household income ($60,438 vs $53,750 in Alta Vista). Bassett has the higher median home value ($82,300 vs $68,600 in Alta Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Alta Vista	Bassett
Population	171	58
Median age	46.2 yrs	69.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$60,438
Median home value	$68,600	$82,300
Median gross rent	$825	—
Housing units	99	43
Homeownership rate	79.8%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alta Vista	Bassett
Population	241 → 171 (-29.0%)	32 → 58 (+81.3%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $53,750 (+13.2%)	$51,250 → $60,438 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$62,900 → $68,600 (+9.1%)	$31,700 → $82,300 (+159.6%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $825 (+33.3%)	—

Alta Vista

Population

241171

Median household income

$47,500$53,750

Median home value

$62,900$68,600

Median gross rent

$619$825

Bassett

Population

3258

Median household income

$51,250$60,438

Median home value

$31,700$82,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alta Vista	Bassett
Under 5	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.8%	20.7%
55 to 64	25.1%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	43.1%
75 and over	7.6%	20.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alta Vista	Bassett
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alta Vista	Bassett
No high school diploma	10.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	28.8%	67.3%
Some college or associate's	54.7%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alta Vista	Bassett
Drove alone	72.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.0%
Other means	7.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alta Vista	Bassett
1-unit, detached	83.8%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Alta Vista	Bassett
Poverty rate	4.7%	27.6%
Average household size	1.82	1.35
Mean commute (minutes)	29	13
Median year structure built	1938	1938