Owasa vs Whitten

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

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

Whitten has the higher population (125 vs 17 in Owasa). Whitten has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $40,625 in Owasa). Since 2019, Owasa's population has grown faster (-22.7% vs -34.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Owasa	Whitten
Population	17	125
Median age	68.5 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,625	$68,750
Median home value	—	$49,000
Housing units	13	101
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owasa	Whitten
Population	22 → 17 (-22.7%)	190 → 125 (-34.2%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $40,625 (-1.5%)	$40,250 → $68,750 (+70.8%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $65,000 (-23.5%)	$44,100 → $49,000 (+11.1%)

Owasa

Population

2217

Median household income

$41,250$40,625

Median home value

$85,000$65,000

Whitten

Population

190125

Median household income

$40,250$68,750

Median home value

$44,100$49,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Owasa	Whitten
Under 5	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	21.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.0%
45 to 54	17.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	17.6%	24.0%
65 to 74	17.6%	7.2%
75 and over	35.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owasa	Whitten
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owasa	Whitten
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	47.1%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owasa	Whitten
Drove alone	100.0%	90.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owasa	Whitten
1-unit, detached	92.3%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Owasa	Whitten
Poverty rate	5.9%	4.8%
Average household size	1.31	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	14	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938