Martelle vs Oxford Junction

A side-by-side comparison of Martelle and Oxford Junction: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oxford Junction has the higher population (447 vs 432 in Martelle). Martelle has the higher median household income ($95,000 vs $61,250 in Oxford Junction). Martelle has the higher median home value ($130,000 vs $66,700 in Oxford Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Martelle	Oxford Junction
Population	432	447
Median age	33.7 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$95,000	$61,250
Median home value	$130,000	$66,700
Median gross rent	$720	$793
Housing units	151	212
Homeownership rate	84.5%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martelle	Oxford Junction
Population	232 → 432 (+86.2%)	442 → 447 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $95,000 (+85.4%)	$53,125 → $61,250 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$108,800 → $130,000 (+19.5%)	$52,500 → $66,700 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $720 (+10.8%)	$639 → $793 (+24.1%)

Martelle

Population

232432

Median household income

$51,250$95,000

Median home value

$108,800$130,000

Median gross rent

$650$720

Oxford Junction

Population

442447

Median household income

$53,125$61,250

Median home value

$52,500$66,700

Median gross rent

$639$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Martelle	Oxford Junction
Under 5	5.6%	9.6%
5 to 17	27.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	3.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	6.3%
35 to 44	18.8%	15.4%
45 to 54	15.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	9.0%	18.8%
65 to 74	3.0%	10.7%
75 and over	2.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martelle	Oxford Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
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	15.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martelle	Oxford Junction
No high school diploma	1.6%	0.6%
High school graduate	37.7%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martelle	Oxford Junction
Drove alone	79.3%	72.5%
Carpooled	5.5%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martelle	Oxford Junction
1-unit, detached	96.0%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Martelle	Oxford Junction
Poverty rate	10.6%	5.0%
Average household size	3.04	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1943	1938