Alvord vs Lester

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

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

Lester has the higher population (308 vs 203 in Alvord). Lester has the higher median household income ($91,875 vs $70,972 in Alvord). Lester has the higher median home value ($185,200 vs $85,600 in Alvord).

Population, income & housing

	Alvord	Lester
Population	203	308
Median age	38.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,972	$91,875
Median home value	$85,600	$185,200
Housing units	93	125
Homeownership rate	100.0%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alvord	Lester
Population	220 → 203 (-7.7%)	278 → 308 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$61,094 → $70,972 (+16.2%)	$68,750 → $91,875 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$80,500 → $85,600 (+6.3%)	$141,700 → $185,200 (+30.7%)

Alvord

Population

220203

Median household income

$61,094$70,972

Median home value

$80,500$85,600

Lester

Population

278308

Median household income

$68,750$91,875

Median home value

$141,700$185,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alvord	Lester
Under 5	6.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	24.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	5.9%	8.8%
35 to 44	17.2%	20.5%
45 to 54	4.4%	4.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.0%
75 and over	14.3%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alvord	Lester
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	87.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alvord	Lester
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.0%
High school graduate	48.4%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alvord	Lester
Drove alone	77.2%	70.5%
Carpooled	18.5%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alvord	Lester
1-unit, detached	97.8%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alvord	Lester
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	31	18
Median year structure built	1945	1975