Adel vs Van Meter

A side-by-side comparison of Adel and Van Meter: population, income, housing, and more.

Adel and Van Meter are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Adel has the higher population (6,259 vs 1,469 in Van Meter). Van Meter has the higher median household income ($133,750 vs $96,905 in Adel). Adel has the higher median home value ($320,500 vs $250,300 in Van Meter).

Population, income & housing

	Adel	Van Meter
Population	6,259	1,469
Median age	36.8 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$96,905	$133,750
Median home value	$320,500	$250,300
Median gross rent	$842	$947
Housing units	2,376	469
Homeownership rate	67.7%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.3%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adel	Van Meter
Population	4,588 → 6,259 (+36.4%)	1,239 → 1,469 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$65,000 → $96,905 (+49.1%)	$94,375 → $133,750 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$180,300 → $320,500 (+77.8%)	$169,300 → $250,300 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $842 (+18.9%)	$778 → $947 (+21.7%)

Adel

Population

4,5886,259

Median household income

$65,000$96,905

Median home value

$180,300$320,500

Median gross rent

$708$842

Van Meter

Population

1,2391,469

Median household income

$94,375$133,750

Median home value

$169,300$250,300

Median gross rent

$778$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adel	Van Meter
Under 5	11.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	26.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.2%	9.4%
35 to 44	23.5%	18.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.8%	7.9%
75 and over	5.1%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adel	Van Meter
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adel	Van Meter
No high school diploma	6.8%	1.3%
High school graduate	21.9%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adel	Van Meter
Drove alone	74.7%	80.6%
Carpooled	3.7%	1.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.7%	17.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adel	Van Meter
1-unit, detached	74.0%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.5%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Adel	Van Meter
Poverty rate	9.1%	3.2%
Average household size	2.68	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1997	1978