Alburnett vs Central City

A side-by-side comparison of Alburnett and Central City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Central City has the higher population (1,266 vs 815 in Alburnett). Alburnett has the higher median household income ($90,417 vs $81,607 in Central City). Alburnett has the higher median home value ($198,100 vs $166,400 in Central City).

Population, income & housing

	Alburnett	Central City
Population	815	1,266
Median age	36.0 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,417	$81,607
Median home value	$198,100	$166,400
Median gross rent	$863	$715
Housing units	302	573
Homeownership rate	80.7%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alburnett	Central City
Population	697 → 815 (+16.9%)	1,280 → 1,266 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$80,625 → $90,417 (+12.1%)	$63,068 → $81,607 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$161,300 → $198,100 (+22.8%)	$135,700 → $166,400 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $863 (+51.4%)	$505 → $715 (+41.6%)

Alburnett

Population

697815

Median household income

$80,625$90,417

Median home value

$161,300$198,100

Median gross rent

$570$863

Central City

Population

1,2801,266

Median household income

$63,068$81,607

Median home value

$135,700$166,400

Median gross rent

$505$715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alburnett	Central City
Under 5	5.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	23.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	16.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.1%
75 and over	7.5%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alburnett	Central City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alburnett	Central City
No high school diploma	1.3%	2.2%
High school graduate	33.0%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alburnett	Central City
Drove alone	75.6%	70.3%
Carpooled	0.7%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.7%	17.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alburnett	Central City
1-unit, detached	89.1%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alburnett	Central City
Poverty rate	2.2%	4.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1965	1958