Alden vs Steamboat Rock

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

Alden and Steamboat Rock 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 235 in Steamboat Rock). Alden has the higher median household income ($55,625 vs $44,583 in Steamboat Rock). Alden has the higher median home value ($102,500 vs $78,300 in Steamboat Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Alden	Steamboat Rock
Population	792	235
Median age	43.9 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$44,583
Median home value	$102,500	$78,300
Median gross rent	$562	$755
Housing units	388	152
Homeownership rate	64.0%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alden	Steamboat Rock
Population	859 → 792 (-7.8%)	283 → 235 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$54,250 → $55,625 (+2.5%)	$43,333 → $44,583 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$90,400 → $102,500 (+13.4%)	$66,500 → $78,300 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $562 (+14.2%)	$584 → $755 (+29.3%)

Alden

Population

859792

Median household income

$54,250$55,625

Median home value

$90,400$102,500

Median gross rent

$492$562

Steamboat Rock

Population

283235

Median household income

$43,333$44,583

Median home value

$66,500$78,300

Median gross rent

$584$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alden	Steamboat Rock
Under 5	4.2%	1.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	6.8%
45 to 54	18.6%	15.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	18.3%
65 to 74	14.4%	13.2%
75 and over	4.7%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alden	Steamboat Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alden	Steamboat Rock
No high school diploma	9.0%	1.1%
High school graduate	41.9%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alden	Steamboat Rock
Drove alone	89.2%	60.7%
Carpooled	2.8%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	14.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alden	Steamboat Rock
1-unit, detached	74.2%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	23.2%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alden	Steamboat Rock
Poverty rate	18.1%	7.7%
Average household size	2.18	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1964	1938