Alburnett vs Prairieburg

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

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

Alburnett has the higher population (815 vs 140 in Prairieburg). Alburnett has the higher median household income ($90,417 vs $61,250 in Prairieburg). Alburnett has the higher median home value ($198,100 vs $98,500 in Prairieburg).

Population, income & housing

	Alburnett	Prairieburg
Population	815	140
Median age	36.0 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,417	$61,250
Median home value	$198,100	$98,500
Median gross rent	$863	—
Housing units	302	59
Homeownership rate	80.7%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alburnett	Prairieburg
Population	697 → 815 (+16.9%)	176 → 140 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$80,625 → $90,417 (+12.1%)	$63,750 → $61,250 (-3.9%)
Median home value	$161,300 → $198,100 (+22.8%)	$88,000 → $98,500 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $863 (+51.4%)	$642 → $850 (+32.4%)

Alburnett

Population

697815

Median household income

$80,625$90,417

Median home value

$161,300$198,100

Median gross rent

$570$863

Prairieburg

Population

176140

Median household income

$63,750$61,250

Median home value

$88,000$98,500

Median gross rent

$642$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alburnett	Prairieburg
Under 5	5.5%	10.7%
5 to 17	23.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	3.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	20.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	19.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	2.9%
75 and over	7.5%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alburnett	Prairieburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
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%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alburnett	Prairieburg
No high school diploma	1.3%	2.1%
High school graduate	33.0%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alburnett	Prairieburg
Drove alone	75.6%	77.4%
Carpooled	0.7%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alburnett	Prairieburg
1-unit, detached	89.1%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Alburnett	Prairieburg
Poverty rate	2.2%	8.0%
Average household size	2.71	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	38
Median year structure built	1965	1938