Osterdock vs St. Olaf

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

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

Osterdock has the higher population (144 vs 75 in St. Olaf). St. Olaf has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $49,185 in Osterdock). Since 2019, Osterdock's population has grown faster (+73.5% vs -53.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Osterdock	St. Olaf
Population	144	75
Median age	58.1 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,185	$88,750
Median home value	—	$76,700
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	52	42
Homeownership rate	84.3%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.8%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	44.4%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osterdock	St. Olaf
Population	83 → 144 (+73.5%)	160 → 75 (-53.1%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $49,185 (-4.0%)	$61,563 → $88,750 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$155,000 → $76,100 (-50.9%)	$71,700 → $76,700 (+7.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$538 → $775 (+44.1%)

Osterdock

Population

83144

Median household income

$51,250$49,185

Median home value

$155,000$76,100

St. Olaf

Population

16075

Median household income

$61,563$88,750

Median home value

$71,700$76,700

Median gross rent

$538$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osterdock	St. Olaf
Under 5	13.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	4.9%	6.7%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	5.3%
45 to 54	1.4%	22.7%
55 to 64	24.3%	24.0%
65 to 74	29.9%	13.3%
75 and over	2.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osterdock	St. Olaf
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osterdock	St. Olaf
No high school diploma	13.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	54.9%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osterdock	St. Olaf
Drove alone	60.0%	89.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	40.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osterdock	St. Olaf
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Osterdock	St. Olaf
Poverty rate	40.3%	6.8%
Average household size	2.82	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1938	1938