Alden vs Iowa Falls

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

Alden 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 792 in Alden). Alden has the higher median household income ($55,625 vs $53,051 in Iowa Falls). Iowa Falls has the higher median home value ($106,300 vs $102,500 in Alden).

Population, income & housing

	Alden	Iowa Falls
Population	792	5,062
Median age	43.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$53,051
Median home value	$102,500	$106,300
Median gross rent	$562	$898
Housing units	388	2,386
Homeownership rate	64.0%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alden	Iowa Falls
Population	859 → 792 (-7.8%)	5,122 → 5,062 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$54,250 → $55,625 (+2.5%)	$45,897 → $53,051 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$90,400 → $102,500 (+13.4%)	$88,200 → $106,300 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $562 (+14.2%)	$750 → $898 (+19.7%)

Alden

Population

859792

Median household income

$54,250$55,625

Median home value

$90,400$102,500

Median gross rent

$492$562

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)

	Alden	Iowa Falls
Under 5	4.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.2%
18 to 24	4.0%	10.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	18.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	14.4%	10.6%
75 and over	4.7%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alden	Iowa Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alden	Iowa Falls
No high school diploma	9.0%	5.3%
High school graduate	41.9%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alden	Iowa Falls
Drove alone	89.2%	74.9%
Carpooled	2.8%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	1.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.1%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alden	Iowa Falls
1-unit, detached	74.2%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	23.2%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Alden	Iowa Falls
Poverty rate	18.1%	7.6%
Average household size	2.18	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	15	15
Median year structure built	1964	1958