Marquette vs Osterdock

A side-by-side comparison of Marquette and Osterdock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marquette has the higher population (432 vs 144 in Osterdock). Osterdock has the higher median household income ($49,185 vs $38,125 in Marquette). Since 2019, Osterdock's population has grown faster (+73.5% vs +9.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Marquette	Osterdock
Population	432	144
Median age	48.2 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$38,125	$49,185
Median home value	$137,000	—
Median gross rent	$696	—
Housing units	280	52
Homeownership rate	66.0%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	1.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	44.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marquette	Osterdock
Population	396 → 432 (+9.1%)	83 → 144 (+73.5%)
Median household income	$42,143 → $38,125 (-9.5%)	$51,250 → $49,185 (-4.0%)
Median home value	$107,500 → $137,000 (+27.4%)	$155,000 → $76,100 (-50.9%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $696 (+21.0%)	—

Marquette

Population

396432

Median household income

$42,143$38,125

Median home value

$107,500$137,000

Median gross rent

$575$696

Osterdock

Population

83144

Median household income

$51,250$49,185

Median home value

$155,000$76,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marquette	Osterdock
Under 5	2.8%	13.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	4.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	3.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	7.4%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	1.4%
55 to 64	22.9%	24.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	29.9%
75 and over	10.9%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marquette	Osterdock
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marquette	Osterdock
No high school diploma	5.5%	13.3%
High school graduate	42.6%	54.9%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marquette	Osterdock
Drove alone	88.4%	60.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	40.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marquette	Osterdock
1-unit, detached	66.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marquette	Osterdock
Poverty rate	19.7%	40.3%
Average household size	1.79	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	13	27
Median year structure built	1976	1938