Olin vs Oxford Junction

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

Olin and Oxford Junction 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 447 in Oxford Junction). Olin has the higher median household income ($67,120 vs $61,250 in Oxford Junction). Olin has the higher median home value ($98,500 vs $66,700 in Oxford Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Olin	Oxford Junction
Population	849	447
Median age	33.0 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,120	$61,250
Median home value	$98,500	$66,700
Median gross rent	$775	$793
Housing units	320	212
Homeownership rate	72.3%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	14.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olin	Oxford Junction
Population	779 → 849 (+9.0%)	442 → 447 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $67,120 (+48.1%)	$53,125 → $61,250 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $98,500 (+27.9%)	$52,500 → $66,700 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $775 (+0.0%)	$639 → $793 (+24.1%)

Olin

Population

779849

Median household income

$45,313$67,120

Median home value

$77,000$98,500

Median gross rent

$775$775

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)

	Olin	Oxford Junction
Under 5	4.7%	9.6%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.6%
18 to 24	22.5%	3.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	6.3%
35 to 44	9.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	18.8%
65 to 74	6.2%	10.7%
75 and over	5.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olin	Oxford Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olin	Oxford Junction
No high school diploma	6.9%	0.6%
High school graduate	49.7%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olin	Oxford Junction
Drove alone	65.5%	72.5%
Carpooled	26.5%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olin	Oxford Junction
1-unit, detached	87.2%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Olin	Oxford Junction
Poverty rate	14.7%	5.0%
Average household size	2.98	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1938	1938