Algona vs Burt

A side-by-side comparison of Algona and Burt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Algona has the higher population (5,414 vs 506 in Burt). Burt has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $52,542 in Algona). Algona has the higher median home value ($156,200 vs $76,000 in Burt).

Population, income & housing

	Algona	Burt
Population	5,414	506
Median age	43.1 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,542	$61,250
Median home value	$156,200	$76,000
Median gross rent	$887	—
Housing units	2,710	237
Homeownership rate	65.1%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Algona	Burt
Population	5,447 → 5,414 (-0.6%)	512 → 506 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$51,476 → $52,542 (+2.1%)	$46,875 → $61,250 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$131,500 → $156,200 (+18.8%)	$50,300 → $76,000 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $887 (+26.4%)	$639 → $821 (+28.5%)

Algona

Population

5,4475,414

Median household income

$51,476$52,542

Median home value

$131,500$156,200

Median gross rent

$702$887

Burt

Population

512506

Median household income

$46,875$61,250

Median home value

$50,300$76,000

Median gross rent

$639$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Algona	Burt
Under 5	5.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	11.7%
25 to 34	10.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	5.1%
55 to 64	10.9%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	18.4%
75 and over	15.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Algona	Burt
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Algona	Burt
No high school diploma	5.9%	7.8%
High school graduate	33.7%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Algona	Burt
Drove alone	78.6%	68.4%
Carpooled	11.6%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	11.1%
Other means	0.9%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Algona	Burt
1-unit, detached	71.4%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	5.1%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Algona	Burt
Poverty rate	7.6%	27.7%
Average household size	2.05	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	12	19
Median year structure built	1970	1955