Charter Oak vs Schleswig

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

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

Schleswig has the higher population (940 vs 489 in Charter Oak). Schleswig has the higher median household income ($71,271 vs $58,068 in Charter Oak). Schleswig has the higher median home value ($130,400 vs $81,600 in Charter Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Charter Oak	Schleswig
Population	489	940
Median age	59.5 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,068	$71,271
Median home value	$81,600	$130,400
Median gross rent	$710	$476
Housing units	229	442
Homeownership rate	65.9%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charter Oak	Schleswig
Population	624 → 489 (-21.6%)	857 → 940 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$44,886 → $58,068 (+29.4%)	$61,196 → $71,271 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$63,300 → $81,600 (+28.9%)	$81,700 → $130,400 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $710 (+12.7%)	$445 → $476 (+7.0%)

Charter Oak

Population

624489

Median household income

$44,886$58,068

Median home value

$63,300$81,600

Median gross rent

$630$710

Schleswig

Population

857940

Median household income

$61,196$71,271

Median home value

$81,700$130,400

Median gross rent

$445$476

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charter Oak	Schleswig
Under 5	5.3%	14.1%
5 to 17	11.7%	11.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	8.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	6.3%	14.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	18.2%	9.5%
75 and over	20.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charter Oak	Schleswig
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	62.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	25.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charter Oak	Schleswig
No high school diploma	6.9%	15.5%
High school graduate	54.4%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charter Oak	Schleswig
Drove alone	95.3%	88.0%
Carpooled	1.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.7%
Other means	3.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charter Oak	Schleswig
1-unit, detached	100.0%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Charter Oak	Schleswig
Poverty rate	12.7%	12.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1938	1943