Alden vs New Providence

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

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

Alden has the higher population (792 vs 196 in New Providence). New Providence has the higher median household income ($83,250 vs $55,625 in Alden). Alden has the higher median home value ($102,500 vs $80,000 in New Providence).

Population, income & housing

	Alden	New Providence
Population	792	196
Median age	43.9 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$83,250
Median home value	$102,500	$80,000
Median gross rent	$562	$589
Housing units	388	79
Homeownership rate	64.0%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alden	New Providence
Population	859 → 792 (-7.8%)	267 → 196 (-26.6%)
Median household income	$54,250 → $55,625 (+2.5%)	$64,167 → $83,250 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$90,400 → $102,500 (+13.4%)	$49,100 → $80,000 (+62.9%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $562 (+14.2%)	$555 → $589 (+6.1%)

Alden

Population

859792

Median household income

$54,250$55,625

Median home value

$90,400$102,500

Median gross rent

$492$562

New Providence

Population

267196

Median household income

$64,167$83,250

Median home value

$49,100$80,000

Median gross rent

$555$589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alden	New Providence
Under 5	4.2%	10.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	11.7%
18 to 24	4.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	26.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	18.6%	8.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.2%
65 to 74	14.4%	12.2%
75 and over	4.7%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alden	New Providence
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alden	New Providence
No high school diploma	9.0%	9.2%
High school graduate	41.9%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alden	New Providence
Drove alone	89.2%	86.6%
Carpooled	2.8%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alden	New Providence
1-unit, detached	74.2%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Alden	New Providence
Poverty rate	18.1%	6.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	15	32
Median year structure built	1964	1938