Mount Union vs Olds

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Union and Olds: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Union has the higher population (111 vs 75 in Olds). Olds has the higher median household income ($48,500 vs $48,250 in Mount Union). Olds has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $84,500 in Mount Union).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Union	Olds
Population	111	75
Median age	37.7 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,250	$48,500
Median home value	$84,500	$137,500
Median gross rent	—	$770
Housing units	47	59
Homeownership rate	85.1%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Union	Olds
Population	153 → 111 (-27.5%)	200 → 75 (-62.5%)
Median household income	$38,542 → $48,250 (+25.2%)	$62,500 → $48,500 (-22.4%)
Median home value	$72,800 → $84,500 (+16.1%)	$103,000 → $137,500 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$629 → $770 (+22.4%)

Mount Union

Population

153111

Median household income

$38,542$48,250

Median home value

$72,800$84,500

Olds

Population

20075

Median household income

$62,500$48,500

Median home value

$103,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$629$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Union	Olds
Under 5	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	32.4%	5.3%
18 to 24	4.5%	21.3%
25 to 34	3.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	18.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	8.1%	21.3%
65 to 74	13.5%	4.0%
75 and over	8.1%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Union	Olds
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.3%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Union	Olds
No high school diploma	5.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	32.4%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Union	Olds
Drove alone	86.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Union	Olds
1-unit, detached	80.9%	57.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	42.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Union	Olds
Poverty rate	9.9%	6.7%
Average household size	2.36	1.63
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1973	1959