Ackley vs Iowa Falls

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

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

Iowa Falls has the higher population (5,062 vs 1,554 in Ackley). Ackley has the higher median household income ($61,667 vs $53,051 in Iowa Falls). Iowa Falls has the higher median home value ($106,300 vs $99,200 in Ackley).

Population, income & housing

	Ackley	Iowa Falls
Population	1,554	5,062
Median age	41.7 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	$53,051
Median home value	$99,200	$106,300
Median gross rent	$677	$898
Housing units	752	2,386
Homeownership rate	83.9%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ackley	Iowa Falls
Population	1,816 → 1,554 (-14.4%)	5,122 → 5,062 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$57,292 → $61,667 (+7.6%)	$45,897 → $53,051 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$76,700 → $99,200 (+29.3%)	$88,200 → $106,300 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $677 (+24.4%)	$750 → $898 (+19.7%)

Ackley

Population

1,8161,554

Median household income

$57,292$61,667

Median home value

$76,700$99,200

Median gross rent

$544$677

Iowa Falls

Population

5,1225,062

Median household income

$45,897$53,051

Median home value

$88,200$106,300

Median gross rent

$750$898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ackley	Iowa Falls
Under 5	4.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	10.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	15.1%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.6%
75 and over	12.3%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ackley	Iowa Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ackley	Iowa Falls
No high school diploma	6.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	35.0%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ackley	Iowa Falls
Drove alone	78.5%	74.9%
Carpooled	11.3%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	4.8%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	4.2%	9.7%
Other means	1.2%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ackley	Iowa Falls
1-unit, detached	85.0%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ackley	Iowa Falls
Poverty rate	10.8%	7.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	15
Median year structure built	1954	1958