Charter Oak vs Vail

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

Charter Oak and Vail 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 431 in Vail). Vail has the higher median household income ($66,458 vs $58,068 in Charter Oak). Vail has the higher median home value ($82,100 vs $81,600 in Charter Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Charter Oak	Vail
Population	489	431
Median age	59.5 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,068	$66,458
Median home value	$81,600	$82,100
Median gross rent	$710	$665
Housing units	229	159
Homeownership rate	65.9%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charter Oak	Vail
Population	624 → 489 (-21.6%)	532 → 431 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$44,886 → $58,068 (+29.4%)	$47,232 → $66,458 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$63,300 → $81,600 (+28.9%)	$61,000 → $82,100 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $710 (+12.7%)	$606 → $665 (+9.7%)

Charter Oak

Population

624489

Median household income

$44,886$58,068

Median home value

$63,300$81,600

Median gross rent

$630$710

Vail

Population

532431

Median household income

$47,232$66,458

Median home value

$61,000$82,100

Median gross rent

$606$665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charter Oak	Vail
Under 5	5.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	11.7%	31.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.0%	6.5%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	6.3%	15.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	18.2%	6.5%
75 and over	20.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charter Oak	Vail
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	58.2%
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%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	39.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charter Oak	Vail
No high school diploma	6.9%	23.2%
High school graduate	54.4%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charter Oak	Vail
Drove alone	95.3%	81.5%
Carpooled	1.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charter Oak	Vail
1-unit, detached	100.0%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Charter Oak	Vail
Poverty rate	12.7%	24.4%
Average household size	2.19	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938