Alton vs Ireton

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

Alton and Ireton 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 613 in Ireton). Alton has the higher median household income ($86,136 vs $62,917 in Ireton). Alton has the higher median home value ($204,600 vs $134,500 in Ireton).

Population, income & housing

	Alton	Ireton
Population	1,350	613
Median age	32.7 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,136	$62,917
Median home value	$204,600	$134,500
Median gross rent	$750	$1,100
Housing units	618	260
Homeownership rate	84.9%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alton	Ireton
Population	1,336 → 1,350 (+1.0%)	749 → 613 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$70,882 → $86,136 (+21.5%)	$66,875 → $62,917 (-5.9%)
Median home value	$134,800 → $204,600 (+51.8%)	$98,500 → $134,500 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $750 (-5.3%)	$829 → $1,100 (+32.7%)

Alton

Population

1,3361,350

Median household income

$70,882$86,136

Median home value

$134,800$204,600

Median gross rent

$792$750

Ireton

Population

749613

Median household income

$66,875$62,917

Median home value

$98,500$134,500

Median gross rent

$829$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alton	Ireton
Under 5	4.3%	12.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	15.9%	4.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	8.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	19.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	6.0%
75 and over	6.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alton	Ireton
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	71.1%
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%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	5.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alton	Ireton
No high school diploma	2.9%	18.5%
High school graduate	36.4%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alton	Ireton
Drove alone	87.7%	79.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alton	Ireton
1-unit, detached	77.5%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	6.5%
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	Ireton
Poverty rate	3.0%	24.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1968	1961