Charter Oak vs Westside

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

Charter Oak and Westside 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 307 in Westside). Westside has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $58,068 in Charter Oak). Westside has the higher median home value ($133,800 vs $81,600 in Charter Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Charter Oak	Westside
Population	489	307
Median age	59.5 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,068	$65,000
Median home value	$81,600	$133,800
Median gross rent	$710	$700
Housing units	229	163
Homeownership rate	65.9%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charter Oak	Westside
Population	624 → 489 (-21.6%)	269 → 307 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$44,886 → $58,068 (+29.4%)	$50,938 → $65,000 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$63,300 → $81,600 (+28.9%)	$89,300 → $133,800 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $710 (+12.7%)	$563 → $700 (+24.3%)

Charter Oak

Population

624489

Median household income

$44,886$58,068

Median home value

$63,300$81,600

Median gross rent

$630$710

Westside

Population

269307

Median household income

$50,938$65,000

Median home value

$89,300$133,800

Median gross rent

$563$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charter Oak	Westside
Under 5	5.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	11.7%	9.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	8.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	6.3%	16.6%
55 to 64	14.7%	9.1%
65 to 74	18.2%	19.9%
75 and over	20.2%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charter Oak	Westside
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	88.6%
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%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charter Oak	Westside
No high school diploma	6.9%	1.2%
High school graduate	54.4%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charter Oak	Westside
Drove alone	95.3%	88.6%
Carpooled	1.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charter Oak	Westside
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Charter Oak	Westside
Poverty rate	12.7%	2.6%
Average household size	2.19	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1938	1942