Charter Oak vs Manilla

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

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

Manilla has the higher population (761 vs 489 in Charter Oak). Manilla has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $58,068 in Charter Oak). Manilla has the higher median home value ($94,800 vs $81,600 in Charter Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Charter Oak	Manilla
Population	489	761
Median age	59.5 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,068	$66,875
Median home value	$81,600	$94,800
Median gross rent	$710	$660
Housing units	229	315
Homeownership rate	65.9%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charter Oak	Manilla
Population	624 → 489 (-21.6%)	895 → 761 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$44,886 → $58,068 (+29.4%)	$50,721 → $66,875 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$63,300 → $81,600 (+28.9%)	$75,100 → $94,800 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $710 (+12.7%)	$489 → $660 (+35.0%)

Charter Oak

Population

624489

Median household income

$44,886$58,068

Median home value

$63,300$81,600

Median gross rent

$630$710

Manilla

Population

895761

Median household income

$50,721$66,875

Median home value

$75,100$94,800

Median gross rent

$489$660

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charter Oak	Manilla
Under 5	5.3%	10.0%
5 to 17	11.7%	12.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	17.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	6.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	18.2%	7.0%
75 and over	20.2%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charter Oak	Manilla
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charter Oak	Manilla
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	54.4%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charter Oak	Manilla
Drove alone	95.3%	91.2%
Carpooled	1.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charter Oak	Manilla
1-unit, detached	100.0%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Charter Oak	Manilla
Poverty rate	12.7%	4.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1938	1938