Atalissa vs Nichols

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

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

Nichols has the higher population (393 vs 297 in Atalissa). Nichols has the higher median household income ($87,500 vs $69,250 in Atalissa). Atalissa has the higher median home value ($130,900 vs $119,800 in Nichols).

Population, income & housing

	Atalissa	Nichols
Population	297	393
Median age	30.9 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,250	$87,500
Median home value	$130,900	$119,800
Median gross rent	$738	$638
Housing units	120	201
Homeownership rate	88.3%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atalissa	Nichols
Population	388 → 297 (-23.5%)	374 → 393 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$67,500 → $69,250 (+2.6%)	$61,875 → $87,500 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$108,900 → $130,900 (+20.2%)	$96,300 → $119,800 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $738 (-9.2%)	$850 → $638 (-24.9%)

Atalissa

Population

388297

Median household income

$67,500$69,250

Median home value

$108,900$130,900

Median gross rent

$813$738

Nichols

Population

374393

Median household income

$61,875$87,500

Median home value

$96,300$119,800

Median gross rent

$850$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atalissa	Nichols
Under 5	8.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	18.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	21.2%	20.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.8%	6.9%
55 to 64	9.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	5.7%	12.2%
75 and over	1.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atalissa	Nichols
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	71.2%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	27.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atalissa	Nichols
No high school diploma	5.7%	9.5%
High school graduate	55.7%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atalissa	Nichols
Drove alone	81.3%	82.4%
Carpooled	17.7%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atalissa	Nichols
1-unit, detached	89.2%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Atalissa	Nichols
Poverty rate	10.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1972	1938