Arnolds Park vs Orleans

A side-by-side comparison of Arnolds Park and Orleans: population, income, housing, and more.

Arnolds Park and Orleans are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arnolds Park has the higher population (911 vs 593 in Orleans). Arnolds Park has the higher median household income ($84,659 vs $66,058 in Orleans). Orleans has the higher median home value ($448,800 vs $407,600 in Arnolds Park).

Population, income & housing

	Arnolds Park	Orleans
Population	911	593
Median age	64.2 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,659	$66,058
Median home value	$407,600	$448,800
Median gross rent	$671	$961
Housing units	1,634	635
Homeownership rate	89.7%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnolds Park	Orleans
Population	1,009 → 911 (-9.7%)	469 → 593 (+26.4%)
Median household income	$48,188 → $84,659 (+75.7%)	$66,875 → $66,058 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$225,000 → $407,600 (+81.2%)	$387,500 → $448,800 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $671 (-20.5%)	$933 → $961 (+3.0%)

Arnolds Park

Population

1,009911

Median household income

$48,188$84,659

Median home value

$225,000$407,600

Median gross rent

$844$671

Orleans

Population

469593

Median household income

$66,875$66,058

Median home value

$387,500$448,800

Median gross rent

$933$961

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnolds Park	Orleans
Under 5	4.1%	1.0%
5 to 17	2.9%	9.1%
18 to 24	1.0%	0.8%
25 to 34	7.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	5.7%	17.2%
45 to 54	7.6%	5.6%
55 to 64	26.5%	19.2%
65 to 74	27.9%	22.3%
75 and over	17.5%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnolds Park	Orleans
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnolds Park	Orleans
No high school diploma	1.5%	13.6%
High school graduate	25.6%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnolds Park	Orleans
Drove alone	77.8%	90.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	5.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnolds Park	Orleans
1-unit, detached	55.6%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arnolds Park	Orleans
Poverty rate	5.9%	1.9%
Average household size	1.79	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1994	1973