Alta Vista vs Ionia

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

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

Ionia has the higher population (318 vs 171 in Alta Vista). Ionia has the higher median household income ($73,426 vs $53,750 in Alta Vista). Ionia has the higher median home value ($97,600 vs $68,600 in Alta Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Alta Vista	Ionia
Population	171	318
Median age	46.2 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$73,426
Median home value	$68,600	$97,600
Median gross rent	$825	$663
Housing units	99	167
Homeownership rate	79.8%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alta Vista	Ionia
Population	241 → 171 (-29.0%)	269 → 318 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $53,750 (+13.2%)	$63,750 → $73,426 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$62,900 → $68,600 (+9.1%)	$80,200 → $97,600 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $825 (+33.3%)	$444 → $663 (+49.3%)

Alta Vista

Population

241171

Median household income

$47,500$53,750

Median home value

$62,900$68,600

Median gross rent

$619$825

Ionia

Population

269318

Median household income

$63,750$73,426

Median home value

$80,200$97,600

Median gross rent

$444$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alta Vista	Ionia
Under 5	1.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	2.9%	12.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.5%	9.7%
45 to 54	15.8%	8.5%
55 to 64	25.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.6%
75 and over	7.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alta Vista	Ionia
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alta Vista	Ionia
No high school diploma	10.8%	6.6%
High school graduate	28.8%	56.1%
Some college or associate's	54.7%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alta Vista	Ionia
Drove alone	72.1%	86.6%
Carpooled	5.4%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	5.2%
Other means	7.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alta Vista	Ionia
1-unit, detached	83.8%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Alta Vista	Ionia
Poverty rate	4.7%	5.7%
Average household size	1.82	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1938	1954