Atalissa vs Montpelier

A side-by-side comparison of Atalissa and Montpelier: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Atalissa has the higher population (297 vs 228 in Montpelier). Atalissa has the higher median household income ($69,250 vs $69,186 in Montpelier). Montpelier has the higher median home value ($253,500 vs $130,900 in Atalissa).

Population, income & housing

	Atalissa	Montpelier
Population	297	228
Median age	30.9 yrs	58.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,250	$69,186
Median home value	$130,900	$253,500
Median gross rent	$738	—
Housing units	120	112
Homeownership rate	88.3%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atalissa	Montpelier
Population	388 → 297 (-23.5%)	157 → 228 (+45.2%)
Median household income	$67,500 → $69,250 (+2.6%)	$54,408 → $69,186 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$108,900 → $130,900 (+20.2%)	$68,000 → $253,500 (+272.8%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $738 (-9.2%)	—

Atalissa

Population

388297

Median household income

$67,500$69,250

Median home value

$108,900$130,900

Median gross rent

$813$738

Montpelier

Population

157228

Median household income

$54,408$69,186

Median home value

$68,000$253,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atalissa	Montpelier
Under 5	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	21.2%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.4%	47.8%
65 to 74	5.7%	15.8%
75 and over	1.3%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atalissa	Montpelier
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atalissa	Montpelier
No high school diploma	5.7%	24.8%
High school graduate	55.7%	56.2%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	7.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atalissa	Montpelier
Drove alone	81.3%	58.7%
Carpooled	17.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	41.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atalissa	Montpelier
1-unit, detached	89.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Atalissa	Montpelier
Poverty rate	10.1%	3.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1972	1938