Charter Oak vs Denison

A side-by-side comparison of Charter Oak and Denison: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Denison has the higher population (8,247 vs 489 in Charter Oak). Denison has the higher median household income ($63,850 vs $58,068 in Charter Oak). Denison has the higher median home value ($137,600 vs $81,600 in Charter Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Charter Oak	Denison
Population	489	8,247
Median age	59.5 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,068	$63,850
Median home value	$81,600	$137,600
Median gross rent	$710	$770
Housing units	229	3,187
Homeownership rate	65.9%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charter Oak	Denison
Population	624 → 489 (-21.6%)	8,337 → 8,247 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$44,886 → $58,068 (+29.4%)	$54,190 → $63,850 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$63,300 → $81,600 (+28.9%)	$93,600 → $137,600 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $710 (+12.7%)	$663 → $770 (+16.1%)

Charter Oak

Population

624489

Median household income

$44,886$58,068

Median home value

$63,300$81,600

Median gross rent

$630$710

Denison

Population

8,3378,247

Median household income

$54,190$63,850

Median home value

$93,600$137,600

Median gross rent

$663$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charter Oak	Denison
Under 5	5.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	11.7%	22.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	10.6%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	6.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	18.2%	7.3%
75 and over	20.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charter Oak	Denison
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	43.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	48.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charter Oak	Denison
No high school diploma	6.9%	24.8%
High school graduate	54.4%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charter Oak	Denison
Drove alone	95.3%	70.9%
Carpooled	1.0%	16.5%
Public transit	0.0%	5.6%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	3.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charter Oak	Denison
1-unit, detached	100.0%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Charter Oak	Denison
Poverty rate	12.7%	20.1%
Average household size	2.19	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	13
Median year structure built	1938	1973