Albia vs Lovilia

A side-by-side comparison of Albia and Lovilia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Albia has the higher population (3,688 vs 477 in Lovilia). Albia has the higher median household income ($67,791 vs $55,000 in Lovilia). Albia has the higher median home value ($132,500 vs $89,800 in Lovilia).

Population, income & housing

	Albia	Lovilia
Population	3,688	477
Median age	42.7 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,791	$55,000
Median home value	$132,500	$89,800
Median gross rent	$803	$783
Housing units	1,895	178
Homeownership rate	77.4%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albia	Lovilia
Population	3,727 → 3,688 (-1.0%)	623 → 477 (-23.4%)
Median household income	$46,332 → $67,791 (+46.3%)	$52,083 → $55,000 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $132,500 (+51.3%)	$80,200 → $89,800 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $803 (+47.9%)	$665 → $783 (+17.7%)

Albia

Population

3,7273,688

Median household income

$46,332$67,791

Median home value

$87,600$132,500

Median gross rent

$543$803

Lovilia

Population

623477

Median household income

$52,083$55,000

Median home value

$80,200$89,800

Median gross rent

$665$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albia	Lovilia
Under 5	8.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	10.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	20.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	17.0%
35 to 44	7.0%	6.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.4%
75 and over	10.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albia	Lovilia
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albia	Lovilia
No high school diploma	4.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	39.3%	60.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albia	Lovilia
Drove alone	80.3%	79.8%
Carpooled	5.5%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albia	Lovilia
1-unit, detached	71.9%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Albia	Lovilia
Poverty rate	10.9%	12.8%
Average household size	2.26	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	23	39
Median year structure built	1968	1950