Altoona vs Bondurant

A side-by-side comparison of Altoona and Bondurant: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Altoona has the higher population (20,592 vs 8,061 in Bondurant). Bondurant has the higher median household income ($128,341 vs $87,123 in Altoona). Bondurant has the higher median home value ($288,600 vs $257,300 in Altoona).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Bondurant
Population	20,592	8,061
Median age	35.5 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,123	$128,341
Median home value	$257,300	$288,600
Median gross rent	$1,203	$1,176
Housing units	8,187	2,835
Homeownership rate	68.3%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	53.6%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Bondurant
Population	18,458 → 20,592 (+11.6%)	6,191 → 8,061 (+30.2%)
Median household income	$77,581 → $87,123 (+12.3%)	$97,786 → $128,341 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$196,600 → $257,300 (+30.9%)	$217,500 → $288,600 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$931 → $1,203 (+29.2%)	$857 → $1,176 (+37.2%)

Altoona

Population

18,45820,592

Median household income

$77,581$87,123

Median home value

$196,600$257,300

Median gross rent

$931$1,203

Bondurant

Population

6,1918,061

Median household income

$97,786$128,341

Median home value

$217,500$288,600

Median gross rent

$857$1,176

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Bondurant
Under 5	6.4%	8.3%
5 to 17	19.9%	23.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	11.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	17.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	2.8%
75 and over	5.2%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Bondurant
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	88.7%
Black or African American	3.5%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Bondurant
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.2%
High school graduate	30.9%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	40.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Bondurant
Drove alone	79.6%	79.3%
Carpooled	4.9%	10.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	10.1%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Bondurant
1-unit, detached	60.8%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	2.3%
20 or more units	13.7%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Bondurant
Poverty rate	7.2%	6.2%
Average household size	2.60	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1998	2009