Iowa vs Vinton

A side-by-side comparison of Iowa and Vinton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Iowa has the higher population (3,246 vs 3,245 in Vinton). Iowa has the higher median household income ($72,868 vs $41,063 in Vinton). Iowa has the higher median home value ($243,200 vs $108,900 in Vinton).

Population, income & housing

	Iowa	Vinton
Population	3,246	3,245
Median age	37.4 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,868	$41,063
Median home value	$243,200	$108,900
Median gross rent	$1,070	$954
Housing units	1,502	1,268
Homeownership rate	76.6%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iowa	Vinton
Population	3,225 → 3,246 (+0.7%)	3,298 → 3,245 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$43,942 → $72,868 (+65.8%)	$45,603 → $41,063 (-10.0%)
Median home value	$136,800 → $243,200 (+77.8%)	$88,700 → $108,900 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$827 → $1,070 (+29.4%)	$646 → $954 (+47.7%)

Iowa

Population

3,2253,246

Median household income

$43,942$72,868

Median home value

$136,800$243,200

Median gross rent

$827$1,070

Vinton

Population

3,2983,245

Median household income

$45,603$41,063

Median home value

$88,700$108,900

Median gross rent

$646$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iowa	Vinton
Under 5	4.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	22.3%	28.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	16.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	7.6%
55 to 64	10.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.3%	6.5%
75 and over	11.9%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iowa	Vinton
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	63.3%
Black or African American	22.7%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	20.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iowa	Vinton
No high school diploma	8.8%	16.0%
High school graduate	41.4%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iowa	Vinton
Drove alone	66.8%	76.0%
Carpooled	26.2%	11.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	4.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	11.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iowa	Vinton
1-unit, detached	80.6%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Iowa	Vinton
Poverty rate	11.1%	38.8%
Average household size	2.81	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1994	1971