Osterdock vs Volga

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

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

Volga has the higher population (255 vs 144 in Osterdock). Volga has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $49,185 in Osterdock). Since 2019, Osterdock's population has grown faster (+73.5% vs +32.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Osterdock	Volga
Population	144	255
Median age	58.1 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,185	$58,750
Median home value	—	$78,000
Median gross rent	—	$779
Housing units	52	146
Homeownership rate	84.3%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.8%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	44.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osterdock	Volga
Population	83 → 144 (+73.5%)	193 → 255 (+32.1%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $49,185 (-4.0%)	$49,375 → $58,750 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$155,000 → $76,100 (-50.9%)	$60,000 → $78,000 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$692 → $779 (+12.6%)

Osterdock

Population

83144

Median household income

$51,250$49,185

Median home value

$155,000$76,100

Volga

Population

193255

Median household income

$49,375$58,750

Median home value

$60,000$78,000

Median gross rent

$692$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osterdock	Volga
Under 5	13.2%	11.0%
5 to 17	4.9%	7.8%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	7.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	1.4%	9.8%
55 to 64	24.3%	22.0%
65 to 74	29.9%	14.9%
75 and over	2.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osterdock	Volga
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	12.9%
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	Volga
No high school diploma	13.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	54.9%	56.0%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osterdock	Volga
Drove alone	60.0%	68.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	29.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	40.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osterdock	Volga
1-unit, detached	100.0%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Osterdock	Volga
Poverty rate	40.3%	13.4%
Average household size	2.82	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1938	1938