Charter Oak vs Kiron

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

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

Charter Oak has the higher population (489 vs 247 in Kiron). Charter Oak has the higher median household income ($58,068 vs $50,781 in Kiron). Charter Oak has the higher median home value ($81,600 vs $78,100 in Kiron).

Population, income & housing

	Charter Oak	Kiron
Population	489	247
Median age	59.5 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,068	$50,781
Median home value	$81,600	$78,100
Median gross rent	$710	$720
Housing units	229	115
Homeownership rate	65.9%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charter Oak	Kiron
Population	624 → 489 (-21.6%)	295 → 247 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$44,886 → $58,068 (+29.4%)	$40,500 → $50,781 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$63,300 → $81,600 (+28.9%)	$60,000 → $78,100 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $710 (+12.7%)	$536 → $720 (+34.3%)

Charter Oak

Population

624489

Median household income

$44,886$58,068

Median home value

$63,300$81,600

Median gross rent

$630$710

Kiron

Population

295247

Median household income

$40,500$50,781

Median home value

$60,000$78,100

Median gross rent

$536$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charter Oak	Kiron
Under 5	5.3%	1.6%
5 to 17	11.7%	38.9%
18 to 24	5.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	2.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	6.3%	8.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	10.1%
65 to 74	18.2%	12.1%
75 and over	20.2%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charter Oak	Kiron
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	4.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charter Oak	Kiron
No high school diploma	6.9%	8.8%
High school graduate	54.4%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	1.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charter Oak	Kiron
Drove alone	95.3%	84.2%
Carpooled	1.0%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charter Oak	Kiron
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Charter Oak	Kiron
Poverty rate	12.7%	42.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1938	1958