Alvord vs Inwood

A side-by-side comparison of Alvord and Inwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Inwood has the higher population (841 vs 203 in Alvord). Alvord has the higher median household income ($70,972 vs $61,711 in Inwood). Inwood has the higher median home value ($171,600 vs $85,600 in Alvord).

Population, income & housing

	Alvord	Inwood
Population	203	841
Median age	38.4 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,972	$61,711
Median home value	$85,600	$171,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,222
Housing units	93	357
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alvord	Inwood
Population	220 → 203 (-7.7%)	978 → 841 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$61,094 → $70,972 (+16.2%)	$56,765 → $61,711 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$80,500 → $85,600 (+6.3%)	$115,100 → $171,600 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$698 → $1,222 (+75.1%)

Alvord

Population

220203

Median household income

$61,094$70,972

Median home value

$80,500$85,600

Inwood

Population

978841

Median household income

$56,765$61,711

Median home value

$115,100$171,600

Median gross rent

$698$1,222

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alvord	Inwood
Under 5	6.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	24.6%	17.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	9.6%
25 to 34	5.9%	14.0%
35 to 44	17.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	4.4%	8.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	8.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.8%
75 and over	14.3%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alvord	Inwood
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	89.3%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alvord	Inwood
No high school diploma	6.3%	10.0%
High school graduate	48.4%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alvord	Inwood
Drove alone	77.2%	83.3%
Carpooled	18.5%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alvord	Inwood
1-unit, detached	97.8%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Alvord	Inwood
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1945	1971