Alton vs Orange City

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

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

Orange City has the higher population (6,312 vs 1,350 in Alton). Alton has the higher median household income ($86,136 vs $81,667 in Orange City). Orange City has the higher median home value ($245,300 vs $204,600 in Alton).

Population, income & housing

	Alton	Orange City
Population	1,350	6,312
Median age	32.7 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$86,136	$81,667
Median home value	$204,600	$245,300
Median gross rent	$750	$815
Housing units	618	2,235
Homeownership rate	84.9%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alton	Orange City
Population	1,336 → 1,350 (+1.0%)	6,127 → 6,312 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$70,882 → $86,136 (+21.5%)	$72,857 → $81,667 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$134,800 → $204,600 (+51.8%)	$171,300 → $245,300 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $750 (-5.3%)	$679 → $815 (+20.0%)

Alton

Population

1,3361,350

Median household income

$70,882$86,136

Median home value

$134,800$204,600

Median gross rent

$792$750

Orange City

Population

6,1276,312

Median household income

$72,857$81,667

Median home value

$171,300$245,300

Median gross rent

$679$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alton	Orange City
Under 5	4.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	15.9%	20.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	8.6%	8.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.8%
75 and over	6.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alton	Orange City
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	91.3%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alton	Orange City
No high school diploma	2.9%	3.6%
High school graduate	36.4%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alton	Orange City
Drove alone	87.7%	68.4%
Carpooled	4.7%	8.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.5%
Walked	1.2%	5.5%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.5%	16.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alton	Orange City
1-unit, detached	77.5%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Alton	Orange City
Poverty rate	3.0%	10.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	15	10
Median year structure built	1968	1975