Anamosa vs Olin

A side-by-side comparison of Anamosa and Olin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Anamosa has the higher population (5,553 vs 849 in Olin). Olin has the higher median household income ($67,120 vs $56,167 in Anamosa). Anamosa has the higher median home value ($164,900 vs $98,500 in Olin).

Population, income & housing

	Anamosa	Olin
Population	5,553	849
Median age	40.9 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,167	$67,120
Median home value	$164,900	$98,500
Median gross rent	$897	$775
Housing units	2,105	320
Homeownership rate	72.2%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	14.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anamosa	Olin
Population	5,476 → 5,553 (+1.4%)	779 → 849 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$41,603 → $56,167 (+35.0%)	$45,313 → $67,120 (+48.1%)
Median home value	$103,400 → $164,900 (+59.5%)	$77,000 → $98,500 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $897 (+50.0%)	$775 → $775 (+0.0%)

Anamosa

Population

5,4765,553

Median household income

$41,603$56,167

Median home value

$103,400$164,900

Median gross rent

$598$897

Olin

Population

779849

Median household income

$45,313$67,120

Median home value

$77,000$98,500

Median gross rent

$775$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anamosa	Olin
Under 5	3.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	22.5%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.2%
35 to 44	18.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	6.2%
75 and over	9.9%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anamosa	Olin
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	80.1%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	12.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anamosa	Olin
No high school diploma	9.3%	6.9%
High school graduate	44.5%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anamosa	Olin
Drove alone	78.7%	65.5%
Carpooled	14.6%	26.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anamosa	Olin
1-unit, detached	66.3%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	2.2%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Anamosa	Olin
Poverty rate	20.4%	14.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1971	1938