Ackley vs Alden

A side-by-side comparison of Ackley and Alden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ackley has the higher population (1,554 vs 792 in Alden). Ackley has the higher median household income ($61,667 vs $55,625 in Alden). Alden has the higher median home value ($102,500 vs $99,200 in Ackley).

Population, income & housing

	Ackley	Alden
Population	1,554	792
Median age	41.7 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	$55,625
Median home value	$99,200	$102,500
Median gross rent	$677	$562
Housing units	752	388
Homeownership rate	83.9%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ackley	Alden
Population	1,816 → 1,554 (-14.4%)	859 → 792 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$57,292 → $61,667 (+7.6%)	$54,250 → $55,625 (+2.5%)
Median home value	$76,700 → $99,200 (+29.3%)	$90,400 → $102,500 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $677 (+24.4%)	$492 → $562 (+14.2%)

Ackley

Population

1,8161,554

Median household income

$57,292$61,667

Median home value

$76,700$99,200

Median gross rent

$544$677

Alden

Population

859792

Median household income

$54,250$55,625

Median home value

$90,400$102,500

Median gross rent

$492$562

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ackley	Alden
Under 5	4.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	18.6%
55 to 64	15.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	14.4%
75 and over	12.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ackley	Alden
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ackley	Alden
No high school diploma	6.7%	9.0%
High school graduate	35.0%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ackley	Alden
Drove alone	78.5%	89.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	7.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ackley	Alden
1-unit, detached	85.0%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	23.2%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Ackley	Alden
Poverty rate	10.8%	18.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	23	15
Median year structure built	1954	1964