Alden vs Eldora

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

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

Eldora has the higher population (2,622 vs 792 in Alden). Eldora has the higher median household income ($72,107 vs $55,625 in Alden). Eldora has the higher median home value ($108,800 vs $102,500 in Alden).

Population, income & housing

	Alden	Eldora
Population	792	2,622
Median age	43.9 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$72,107
Median home value	$102,500	$108,800
Median gross rent	$562	$735
Housing units	388	1,182
Homeownership rate	64.0%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alden	Eldora
Population	859 → 792 (-7.8%)	2,645 → 2,622 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$54,250 → $55,625 (+2.5%)	$47,938 → $72,107 (+50.4%)
Median home value	$90,400 → $102,500 (+13.4%)	$80,600 → $108,800 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $562 (+14.2%)	$632 → $735 (+16.3%)

Alden

Population

859792

Median household income

$54,250$55,625

Median home value

$90,400$102,500

Median gross rent

$492$562

Eldora

Population

2,6452,622

Median household income

$47,938$72,107

Median home value

$80,600$108,800

Median gross rent

$632$735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alden	Eldora
Under 5	4.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	4.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	14.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	18.6%	7.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	14.4%	11.7%
75 and over	4.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alden	Eldora
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alden	Eldora
No high school diploma	9.0%	11.3%
High school graduate	41.9%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alden	Eldora
Drove alone	89.2%	80.7%
Carpooled	2.8%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alden	Eldora
1-unit, detached	74.2%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	23.2%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Alden	Eldora
Poverty rate	18.1%	7.7%
Average household size	2.18	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1964	1958