Alburnett vs Palo

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

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

Palo has the higher population (1,173 vs 815 in Alburnett). Palo has the higher median household income ($103,646 vs $90,417 in Alburnett). Palo has the higher median home value ($274,200 vs $198,100 in Alburnett).

Population, income & housing

	Alburnett	Palo
Population	815	1,173
Median age	36.0 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$90,417	$103,646
Median home value	$198,100	$274,200
Median gross rent	$863	$1,063
Housing units	302	409
Homeownership rate	80.7%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alburnett	Palo
Population	697 → 815 (+16.9%)	1,044 → 1,173 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$80,625 → $90,417 (+12.1%)	$76,944 → $103,646 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$161,300 → $198,100 (+22.8%)	$191,900 → $274,200 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $863 (+51.4%)	$1,006 → $1,063 (+5.7%)

Alburnett

Population

697815

Median household income

$80,625$90,417

Median home value

$161,300$198,100

Median gross rent

$570$863

Palo

Population

1,0441,173

Median household income

$76,944$103,646

Median home value

$191,900$274,200

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alburnett	Palo
Under 5	5.5%	10.7%
5 to 17	23.8%	22.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	3.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	16.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	16.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	6.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	4.4%
75 and over	7.5%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alburnett	Palo
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alburnett	Palo
No high school diploma	1.3%	1.4%
High school graduate	33.0%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alburnett	Palo
Drove alone	75.6%	79.6%
Carpooled	0.7%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.7%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alburnett	Palo
1-unit, detached	89.1%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Alburnett	Palo
Poverty rate	2.2%	3.3%
Average household size	2.71	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1965	2005