Center Junction vs Onslow

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

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

Onslow has the higher population (306 vs 125 in Center Junction). Onslow has the higher median household income ($42,813 vs $32,679 in Center Junction). Onslow has the higher median home value ($96,500 vs $57,800 in Center Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Center Junction	Onslow
Population	125	306
Median age	60.4 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$32,679	$42,813
Median home value	$57,800	$96,500
Housing units	86	118
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Junction	Onslow
Population	118 → 125 (+5.9%)	248 → 306 (+23.4%)
Median household income	—	$31,563 → $42,813 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $57,800 (-1.7%)	$74,400 → $96,500 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $933 (+12.4%)	$595 → $750 (+26.1%)

Center Junction

Population

118125

Median home value

$58,800$57,800

Median gross rent

$830$933

Onslow

Population

248306

Median household income

$31,563$42,813

Median home value

$74,400$96,500

Median gross rent

$595$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center Junction	Onslow
Under 5	5.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	5.6%	35.6%
18 to 24	17.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	22.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	6.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	7.2%
65 to 74	16.0%	3.3%
75 and over	30.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Junction	Onslow
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.6%
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%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Junction	Onslow
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	66.3%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Junction	Onslow
Drove alone	100.0%	84.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Junction	Onslow
1-unit, detached	100.0%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Center Junction	Onslow
Poverty rate	0.0%	34.6%
Average household size	2.05	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1938	1938