Center Junction vs Olin

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

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

Olin has the higher population (849 vs 125 in Center Junction). Olin has the higher median household income ($67,120 vs $32,679 in Center Junction). Olin has the higher median home value ($98,500 vs $57,800 in Center Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Center Junction	Olin
Population	125	849
Median age	60.4 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$32,679	$67,120
Median home value	$57,800	$98,500
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	86	320
Homeownership rate	100.0%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Junction	Olin
Population	118 → 125 (+5.9%)	779 → 849 (+9.0%)
Median household income	—	$45,313 → $67,120 (+48.1%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $57,800 (-1.7%)	$77,000 → $98,500 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $933 (+12.4%)	$775 → $775 (+0.0%)

Center Junction

Population

118125

Median home value

$58,800$57,800

Median gross rent

$830$933

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)

	Center Junction	Olin
Under 5	5.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	5.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	17.6%	22.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	16.0%	6.2%
75 and over	30.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Junction	Olin
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	12.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Junction	Olin
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.9%
High school graduate	66.3%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Junction	Olin
Drove alone	100.0%	65.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	26.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Junction	Olin
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Center Junction	Olin
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.7%
Average household size	2.05	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	1938	1938