Mediapolis vs Oak Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Mediapolis and Oak Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mediapolis has the higher population (1,930 vs 111 in Oak Hills). Oak Hills has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $71,250 in Mediapolis). Oak Hills has the higher median home value ($350,000 vs $167,300 in Mediapolis).

Population, income & housing

	Mediapolis	Oak Hills
Population	1,930	111
Median age	34.7 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$250,001
Median home value	$167,300	$350,000
Median gross rent	$968	—
Housing units	770	51
Homeownership rate	73.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	71.1%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mediapolis	Oak Hills
Population	1,795 → 1,930 (+7.5%)	129 → 111 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$59,545 → $71,250 (+19.7%)	$143,000 → $250,001 (+74.8%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $167,300 (+40.8%)	$283,300 → $350,000 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $968 (+60.8%)	—

Mediapolis

Population

1,7951,930

Median household income

$59,545$71,250

Median home value

$118,800$167,300

Median gross rent

$602$968

Oak Hills

Population

129111

Median household income

$143,000$250,001

Median home value

$283,300$350,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mediapolis	Oak Hills
Under 5	11.0%	18.9%
5 to 17	20.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.3%	23.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	29.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	15.3%
75 and over	8.4%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mediapolis	Oak Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	70.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	10.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	18.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mediapolis	Oak Hills
No high school diploma	5.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	27.9%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	6.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	53.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mediapolis	Oak Hills
Drove alone	83.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mediapolis	Oak Hills
1-unit, detached	80.6%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	13.7%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Mediapolis	Oak Hills
Poverty rate	9.7%	10.8%
Average household size	2.58	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1967	2004