Algona vs Whittemore

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

Algona and Whittemore 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 576 in Whittemore). Whittemore has the higher median household income ($77,054 vs $52,542 in Algona). Algona has the higher median home value ($156,200 vs $88,700 in Whittemore).

Population, income & housing

	Algona	Whittemore
Population	5,414	576
Median age	43.1 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,542	$77,054
Median home value	$156,200	$88,700
Median gross rent	$887	$508
Housing units	2,710	315
Homeownership rate	65.1%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Algona	Whittemore
Population	5,447 → 5,414 (-0.6%)	497 → 576 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$51,476 → $52,542 (+2.1%)	$53,864 → $77,054 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$131,500 → $156,200 (+18.8%)	$64,000 → $88,700 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $887 (+26.4%)	$546 → $508 (-7.0%)

Algona

Population

5,4475,414

Median household income

$51,476$52,542

Median home value

$131,500$156,200

Median gross rent

$702$887

Whittemore

Population

497576

Median household income

$53,864$77,054

Median home value

$64,000$88,700

Median gross rent

$546$508

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Algona	Whittemore
Under 5	5.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.0%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	3.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	16.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.3%
75 and over	15.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Algona	Whittemore
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Algona	Whittemore
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	33.7%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Algona	Whittemore
Drove alone	78.6%	82.0%
Carpooled	11.6%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	3.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Algona	Whittemore
1-unit, detached	71.4%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	9.8%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Algona	Whittemore
Poverty rate	7.6%	4.5%
Average household size	2.05	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	12	16
Median year structure built	1970	1955