Alta Vista vs Fredericksburg

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

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

Fredericksburg has the higher population (1,040 vs 171 in Alta Vista). Fredericksburg has the higher median household income ($65,809 vs $53,750 in Alta Vista). Fredericksburg has the higher median home value ($164,100 vs $68,600 in Alta Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Alta Vista	Fredericksburg
Population	171	1,040
Median age	46.2 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$65,809
Median home value	$68,600	$164,100
Median gross rent	$825	$750
Housing units	99	508
Homeownership rate	79.8%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alta Vista	Fredericksburg
Population	241 → 171 (-29.0%)	1,124 → 1,040 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $53,750 (+13.2%)	$48,654 → $65,809 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$62,900 → $68,600 (+9.1%)	$90,000 → $164,100 (+82.3%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $825 (+33.3%)	$656 → $750 (+14.3%)

Alta Vista

Population

241171

Median household income

$47,500$53,750

Median home value

$62,900$68,600

Median gross rent

$619$825

Fredericksburg

Population

1,1241,040

Median household income

$48,654$65,809

Median home value

$90,000$164,100

Median gross rent

$656$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alta Vista	Fredericksburg
Under 5	1.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	11.7%
18 to 24	2.9%	10.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.7%
45 to 54	15.8%	4.9%
55 to 64	25.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.2%
75 and over	7.6%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alta Vista	Fredericksburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alta Vista	Fredericksburg
No high school diploma	10.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	28.8%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	54.7%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alta Vista	Fredericksburg
Drove alone	72.1%	81.5%
Carpooled	5.4%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	7.5%
Other means	7.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alta Vista	Fredericksburg
1-unit, detached	83.8%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Alta Vista	Fredericksburg
Poverty rate	4.7%	7.3%
Average household size	1.82	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1938	1970