Owasa vs Steamboat Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Owasa and Steamboat Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Steamboat Rock has the higher population (235 vs 17 in Owasa). Steamboat Rock has the higher median household income ($44,583 vs $40,625 in Owasa). Since 2019, Steamboat Rock's population has grown faster (-17.0% vs -22.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Owasa	Steamboat Rock
Population	17	235
Median age	68.5 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,625	$44,583
Median home value	—	$78,300
Median gross rent	—	$755
Housing units	13	152
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owasa	Steamboat Rock
Population	22 → 17 (-22.7%)	283 → 235 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $40,625 (-1.5%)	$43,333 → $44,583 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $65,000 (-23.5%)	$66,500 → $78,300 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$584 → $755 (+29.3%)

Owasa

Population

2217

Median household income

$41,250$40,625

Median home value

$85,000$65,000

Steamboat Rock

Population

283235

Median household income

$43,333$44,583

Median home value

$66,500$78,300

Median gross rent

$584$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Owasa	Steamboat Rock
Under 5	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	6.8%
45 to 54	17.6%	15.3%
55 to 64	17.6%	18.3%
65 to 74	17.6%	13.2%
75 and over	35.3%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owasa	Steamboat Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owasa	Steamboat Rock
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.1%
High school graduate	47.1%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owasa	Steamboat Rock
Drove alone	100.0%	60.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	14.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owasa	Steamboat Rock
1-unit, detached	92.3%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Owasa	Steamboat Rock
Poverty rate	5.9%	7.7%
Average household size	1.31	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	14	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938