Albion vs Rhodes

A side-by-side comparison of Albion and Rhodes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Albion has the higher population (617 vs 285 in Rhodes). Albion has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $71,029 in Rhodes). Albion has the higher median home value ($105,400 vs $90,500 in Rhodes).

Population, income & housing

	Albion	Rhodes
Population	617	285
Median age	43.3 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$71,029
Median home value	$105,400	$90,500
Median gross rent	$810	$436
Housing units	304	139
Homeownership rate	92.2%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albion	Rhodes
Population	570 → 617 (+8.2%)	260 → 285 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$51,563 → $73,750 (+43.0%)	$63,750 → $71,029 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$84,000 → $105,400 (+25.5%)	$78,700 → $90,500 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $810 (-1.8%)	$570 → $436 (-23.5%)

Albion

Population

570617

Median household income

$51,563$73,750

Median home value

$84,000$105,400

Median gross rent

$825$810

Rhodes

Population

260285

Median household income

$63,750$71,029

Median home value

$78,700$90,500

Median gross rent

$570$436

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albion	Rhodes
Under 5	9.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	7.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	2.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.8%	18.6%
35 to 44	27.1%	7.4%
45 to 54	26.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	7.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.8%	14.7%
75 and over	5.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albion	Rhodes
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.2%
Asian	35.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albion	Rhodes
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	63.3%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albion	Rhodes
Drove alone	92.8%	82.0%
Carpooled	2.6%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	9.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albion	Rhodes
1-unit, detached	88.5%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Albion	Rhodes
Poverty rate	6.2%	7.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1948	1938