Hawkeye vs Oelwein

A side-by-side comparison of Hawkeye and Oelwein: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oelwein has the higher population (5,878 vs 521 in Hawkeye). Hawkeye has the higher median household income ($62,917 vs $49,821 in Oelwein). Oelwein has the higher median home value ($96,800 vs $78,900 in Hawkeye).

Population, income & housing

	Hawkeye	Oelwein
Population	521	5,878
Median age	38.1 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$49,821
Median home value	$78,900	$96,800
Median gross rent	$708	$762
Housing units	212	2,911
Homeownership rate	76.3%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawkeye	Oelwein
Population	430 → 521 (+21.2%)	5,979 → 5,878 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$55,250 → $62,917 (+13.9%)	$41,849 → $49,821 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$71,200 → $78,900 (+10.8%)	$82,200 → $96,800 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $708 (+8.4%)	$650 → $762 (+17.2%)

Hawkeye

Population

430521

Median household income

$55,250$62,917

Median home value

$71,200$78,900

Median gross rent

$653$708

Oelwein

Population

5,9795,878

Median household income

$41,849$49,821

Median home value

$82,200$96,800

Median gross rent

$650$762

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hawkeye	Oelwein
Under 5	8.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	2.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	16.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.6%
75 and over	9.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawkeye	Oelwein
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	89.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawkeye	Oelwein
No high school diploma	9.0%	8.9%
High school graduate	47.1%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawkeye	Oelwein
Drove alone	76.4%	80.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	6.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawkeye	Oelwein
1-unit, detached	88.2%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Hawkeye	Oelwein
Poverty rate	3.5%	17.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1938	1949