Alden vs Radcliffe

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

Alden and Radcliffe 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 654 in Radcliffe). Alden has the higher median household income ($55,625 vs $53,125 in Radcliffe). Alden has the higher median home value ($102,500 vs $96,200 in Radcliffe).

Population, income & housing

	Alden	Radcliffe
Population	792	654
Median age	43.9 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$53,125
Median home value	$102,500	$96,200
Median gross rent	$562	$488
Housing units	388	301
Homeownership rate	64.0%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alden	Radcliffe
Population	859 → 792 (-7.8%)	633 → 654 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$54,250 → $55,625 (+2.5%)	$56,563 → $53,125 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$90,400 → $102,500 (+13.4%)	$92,900 → $96,200 (+3.6%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $562 (+14.2%)	$428 → $488 (+14.0%)

Alden

Population

859792

Median household income

$54,250$55,625

Median home value

$90,400$102,500

Median gross rent

$492$562

Radcliffe

Population

633654

Median household income

$56,563$53,125

Median home value

$92,900$96,200

Median gross rent

$428$488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alden	Radcliffe
Under 5	4.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	22.6%
18 to 24	4.0%	1.2%
25 to 34	14.4%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	18.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	17.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	9.3%
75 and over	4.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alden	Radcliffe
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alden	Radcliffe
No high school diploma	9.0%	2.4%
High school graduate	41.9%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alden	Radcliffe
Drove alone	89.2%	84.8%
Carpooled	2.8%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alden	Radcliffe
1-unit, detached	74.2%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.2%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Alden	Radcliffe
Poverty rate	18.1%	8.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	15	31
Median year structure built	1964	1951