Alton vs Granville

A side-by-side comparison of Alton and Granville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alton has the higher population (1,350 vs 255 in Granville). Alton has the higher median household income ($86,136 vs $68,958 in Granville). Alton has the higher median home value ($204,600 vs $156,300 in Granville).

Population, income & housing

	Alton	Granville
Population	1,350	255
Median age	32.7 yrs	59.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,136	$68,958
Median home value	$204,600	$156,300
Median gross rent	$750	$1,089
Housing units	618	136
Homeownership rate	84.9%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alton	Granville
Population	1,336 → 1,350 (+1.0%)	336 → 255 (-24.1%)
Median household income	$70,882 → $86,136 (+21.5%)	$54,375 → $68,958 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$134,800 → $204,600 (+51.8%)	$83,600 → $156,300 (+87.0%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $750 (-5.3%)	$640 → $1,089 (+70.2%)

Alton

Population

1,3361,350

Median household income

$70,882$86,136

Median home value

$134,800$204,600

Median gross rent

$792$750

Granville

Population

336255

Median household income

$54,375$68,958

Median home value

$83,600$156,300

Median gross rent

$640$1,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alton	Granville
Under 5	4.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	17.6%	12.2%
18 to 24	15.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	8.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	3.1%
45 to 54	8.6%	6.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	27.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	14.1%
75 and over	6.1%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alton	Granville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	98.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alton	Granville
No high school diploma	2.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	36.4%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alton	Granville
Drove alone	87.7%	82.7%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	4.5%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alton	Granville
1-unit, detached	77.5%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alton	Granville
Poverty rate	3.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.39	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	15	14
Median year structure built	1968	1971