Alton vs Hospers

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

Alton and Hospers 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 945 in Hospers). Alton has the higher median household income ($86,136 vs $73,819 in Hospers). Alton has the higher median home value ($204,600 vs $163,700 in Hospers).

Population, income & housing

	Alton	Hospers
Population	1,350	945
Median age	32.7 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$86,136	$73,819
Median home value	$204,600	$163,700
Median gross rent	$750	$698
Housing units	618	359
Homeownership rate	84.9%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alton	Hospers
Population	1,336 → 1,350 (+1.0%)	788 → 945 (+19.9%)
Median household income	$70,882 → $86,136 (+21.5%)	$63,542 → $73,819 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$134,800 → $204,600 (+51.8%)	$117,700 → $163,700 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $750 (-5.3%)	$569 → $698 (+22.7%)

Alton

Population

1,3361,350

Median household income

$70,882$86,136

Median home value

$134,800$204,600

Median gross rent

$792$750

Hospers

Population

788945

Median household income

$63,542$73,819

Median home value

$117,700$163,700

Median gross rent

$569$698

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alton	Hospers
Under 5	4.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	26.6%
18 to 24	15.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	8.6%	7.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	8.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	7.7%
75 and over	6.1%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alton	Hospers
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	75.1%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alton	Hospers
No high school diploma	2.9%	8.6%
High school graduate	36.4%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alton	Hospers
Drove alone	87.7%	73.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	13.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	7.6%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alton	Hospers
1-unit, detached	77.5%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Alton	Hospers
Poverty rate	3.0%	14.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	15	14
Median year structure built	1968	1959