Castalia vs Fort Atkinson

A side-by-side comparison of Castalia and Fort Atkinson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Atkinson has the higher population (340 vs 142 in Castalia). Fort Atkinson has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $50,714 in Castalia). Fort Atkinson has the higher median home value ($135,000 vs $96,900 in Castalia).

Population, income & housing

	Castalia	Fort Atkinson
Population	142	340
Median age	59.3 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,714	$72,083
Median home value	$96,900	$135,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,125
Housing units	82	172
Homeownership rate	93.2%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castalia	Fort Atkinson
Population	163 → 142 (-12.9%)	372 → 340 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$35,938 → $50,714 (+41.1%)	$61,806 → $72,083 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $96,900 (+24.1%)	$125,000 → $135,000 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $731 (+17.7%)	$625 → $1,125 (+80.0%)

Castalia

Population

163142

Median household income

$35,938$50,714

Median home value

$78,100$96,900

Median gross rent

$621$731

Fort Atkinson

Population

372340

Median household income

$61,806$72,083

Median home value

$125,000$135,000

Median gross rent

$625$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castalia	Fort Atkinson
Under 5	0.0%	8.5%
5 to 17	9.2%	5.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	13.5%
25 to 34	16.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	2.8%	8.8%
45 to 54	6.3%	18.2%
55 to 64	21.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	20.4%	11.5%
75 and over	16.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castalia	Fort Atkinson
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castalia	Fort Atkinson
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	54.2%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castalia	Fort Atkinson
Drove alone	83.3%	88.9%
Carpooled	4.5%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	3.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castalia	Fort Atkinson
1-unit, detached	81.7%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Castalia	Fort Atkinson
Poverty rate	8.5%	1.8%
Average household size	1.92	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1938	1957