Onslow vs Stone City

A side-by-side comparison of Onslow and Stone City: population, income, housing, and more.

Onslow and Stone City 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 122 in Stone City). Stone City has the higher median household income ($185,809 vs $42,813 in Onslow). Stone City has the higher median home value ($547,400 vs $96,500 in Onslow).

Population, income & housing

	Onslow	Stone City
Population	306	122
Median age	28.0 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,813	$185,809
Median home value	$96,500	$547,400
Housing units	118	88
Homeownership rate	82.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	57.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Onslow	Stone City
Population	248 → 306 (+23.4%)	130 → 122 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$31,563 → $42,813 (+35.6%)	$65,446 → $185,809 (+183.9%)
Median home value	$74,400 → $96,500 (+29.7%)	$352,800 → $547,400 (+55.2%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $750 (+26.1%)	—

Onslow

Population

248306

Median household income

$31,563$42,813

Median home value

$74,400$96,500

Median gross rent

$595$750

Stone City

Population

130122

Median household income

$65,446$185,809

Median home value

$352,800$547,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Onslow	Stone City
Under 5	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	35.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	32.8%
25 to 34	9.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	22.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	6.2%	36.1%
55 to 64	7.2%	9.0%
65 to 74	3.3%	7.4%
75 and over	4.6%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Onslow	Stone City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	91.0%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	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	0.0%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Onslow	Stone City
No high school diploma	1.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.3%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	51.6%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	57.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Onslow	Stone City
Drove alone	84.1%	73.0%
Carpooled	10.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	27.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

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

Poverty & households

	Onslow	Stone City
Poverty rate	34.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.97	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1938	1989