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Alta Vista, IA

171 Population
0.8 square miles 227.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.2 ±12.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Chickasaw County: 43.5 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$36,166 ±$7,695 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Chickasaw County: $37,093 ±$2,074
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$53,750 ±$11,258 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Chickasaw County: $73,421 ±$3,894
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

4.7% ±4.4% (8  ±8) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chickasaw County: 7.1% † 827 (±1.4% / ±163)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

29.2 minutes ±4.7 (3,040  ±1,533) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Chickasaw County: 20.3 111,620 (±1.4 / ±9,225)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

94 ±32 Number of households
  • Chickasaw County: 4,985 ±130
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
1.8 ±0.2 (171  ±60) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chickasaw County: 2.3 11,679 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

99 ±33 Number of housing units
  • Chickasaw County: 5,545 ±78
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$68,600 ±$12,929 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Chickasaw County: $164,400 ±$15,119
  • about one-third of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

10.5% ±8.5% (18  ±15.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chickasaw County: 7.3% † 852 (±1.9% / ±218)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

89.2% ±2.1% (124  ±42.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Chickasaw County: 93.2% 7,627 (±4.7% / ±382.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
5.8% ±18.2% (8  ±25.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Chickasaw County: 19.1% † 1,562 (±2.2% / ±181.2)
  • about one-fifth 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

1.2% ±2.9% (2  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chickasaw County: 2.1% 246
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

3.5% ±4% (5  ±6) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chickasaw County: 6.2% † 564 (±1.1% / ±103)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
5 Total veterans ±6 5 Male ±6 N/A Female ±10

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