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Alton, IA

1,350 Population
1.9 square miles 709.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Sioux County: 34 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$46,986 ±$7,815 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Sioux County: $36,175 ±$1,552
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$86,136 ±$16,292 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Sioux County: $84,736 ±$5,009
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

3% ±3% (40  ±41) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Sioux County: 6.4% † 2,172 (±1.5% / ±492)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

15.3 minutes ±3.3 (12,240  ±3,851) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sioux County: 12.7 205,920 (±0.9 / ±15,763)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

564 ±101 Number of households
  • Sioux County: 12,576 ±185
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.4 ±0.6 (1,350  ±232) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sioux County: 2.7 33,727 (±0 / ±52)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

9.7% ±10.4% (33  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Sioux County: 10% † 823 (±2.1% / ±174)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

618 ±103 Number of housing units
  • Sioux County: 13,175 ±94
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$204,600 ±$33,892 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sioux County: $235,600 ±$7,819
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

20.5% ±10% (273  ±140.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Sioux County: 10% † 3,532 (±1.4% / ±511.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

97.1% ±21.9% (816  ±114.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sioux County: 90.6% 19,339 (±3.6% / ±773.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
21.9% ±4.9% (184  ±52.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sioux County: 30.4% 6,485 (±2.2% / ±465.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.5% ±3.7% (47  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Sioux County: 7.6% 2,721
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

5% ±2.1% (53  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sioux County: 4.3% † 1,119 (±0.7% / ±189)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
53 Total veterans ±24 41 Male ±20 12 Female ±15

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