Columbus City vs Oakville

A side-by-side comparison of Columbus City and Oakville: population, income, housing, and more.

Columbus City and Oakville are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Columbus City has the higher population (306 vs 168 in Oakville). Columbus City has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $53,750 in Oakville). Columbus City has the higher median home value ($104,400 vs $76,700 in Oakville).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus City	Oakville
Population	306	168
Median age	51.5 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,500	$53,750
Median home value	$104,400	$76,700
Median gross rent	—	$900
Housing units	134	75
Homeownership rate	97.0%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	2.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus City	Oakville
Population	345 → 306 (-11.3%)	210 → 168 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$51,354 → $82,500 (+60.6%)	$48,125 → $53,750 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $104,400 (+21.7%)	$81,300 → $76,700 (-5.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$680 → $900 (+32.4%)

Columbus City

Population

345306

Median household income

$51,354$82,500

Median home value

$85,800$104,400

Oakville

Population

210168

Median household income

$48,125$53,750

Median home value

$81,300$76,700

Median gross rent

$680$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus City	Oakville
Under 5	4.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	11.4%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	6.0%
35 to 44	10.1%	7.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	23.8%
55 to 64	22.9%	22.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	7.1%
75 and over	9.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus City	Oakville
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	13.7%
Hispanic or Latino	52.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus City	Oakville
No high school diploma	27.0%	18.7%
High school graduate	44.6%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus City	Oakville
Drove alone	69.4%	64.9%
Carpooled	28.1%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	9.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus City	Oakville
1-unit, detached	75.4%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.6%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Columbus City	Oakville
Poverty rate	4.9%	26.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1968	1968