Alvord vs Little Rock

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

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

Little Rock has the higher population (416 vs 203 in Alvord). Alvord has the higher median household income ($70,972 vs $64,375 in Little Rock). Alvord has the higher median home value ($85,600 vs $78,600 in Little Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Alvord	Little Rock
Population	203	416
Median age	38.4 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,972	$64,375
Median home value	$85,600	$78,600
Median gross rent	—	$625
Housing units	93	178
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alvord	Little Rock
Population	220 → 203 (-7.7%)	440 → 416 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$61,094 → $70,972 (+16.2%)	$56,719 → $64,375 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$80,500 → $85,600 (+6.3%)	$58,200 → $78,600 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$570 → $625 (+9.6%)

Alvord

Population

220203

Median household income

$61,094$70,972

Median home value

$80,500$85,600

Little Rock

Population

440416

Median household income

$56,719$64,375

Median home value

$58,200$78,600

Median gross rent

$570$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alvord	Little Rock
Under 5	6.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	24.6%	14.2%
18 to 24	5.9%	19.5%
25 to 34	5.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	17.2%	3.8%
45 to 54	4.4%	18.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	5.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.8%
75 and over	14.3%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alvord	Little Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	86.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.5%
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%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alvord	Little Rock
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.1%
High school graduate	48.4%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alvord	Little Rock
Drove alone	77.2%	80.2%
Carpooled	18.5%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alvord	Little Rock
1-unit, detached	97.8%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Alvord	Little Rock
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1945	1949