Alta Vista vs Nashua

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

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

Nashua has the higher population (1,634 vs 171 in Alta Vista). Nashua has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $53,750 in Alta Vista). Nashua has the higher median home value ($117,300 vs $68,600 in Alta Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Alta Vista	Nashua
Population	171	1,634
Median age	46.2 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$63,750
Median home value	$68,600	$117,300
Median gross rent	$825	$740
Housing units	99	850
Homeownership rate	79.8%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alta Vista	Nashua
Population	241 → 171 (-29.0%)	1,506 → 1,634 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $53,750 (+13.2%)	$49,145 → $63,750 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$62,900 → $68,600 (+9.1%)	$91,800 → $117,300 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $825 (+33.3%)	$531 → $740 (+39.4%)

Alta Vista

Population

241171

Median household income

$47,500$53,750

Median home value

$62,900$68,600

Median gross rent

$619$825

Nashua

Population

1,5061,634

Median household income

$49,145$63,750

Median home value

$91,800$117,300

Median gross rent

$531$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alta Vista	Nashua
Under 5	1.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.0%	19.4%
18 to 24	2.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	16.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	16.1%
45 to 54	15.8%	7.5%
55 to 64	25.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.6%
75 and over	7.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alta Vista	Nashua
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alta Vista	Nashua
No high school diploma	10.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	28.8%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	54.7%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alta Vista	Nashua
Drove alone	72.1%	82.1%
Carpooled	5.4%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	5.1%
Other means	7.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alta Vista	Nashua
1-unit, detached	83.8%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Alta Vista	Nashua
Poverty rate	4.7%	6.5%
Average household size	1.82	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1938	1960