Cotter vs Oakville

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

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

Oakville has the higher population (168 vs 23 in Cotter). Cotter has the higher median home value ($108,300 vs $76,700 in Oakville). Since 2019, Oakville's population has grown faster (-20.0% vs -34.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Cotter	Oakville
Population	23	168
Median age	50.5 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,750
Median home value	$108,300	$76,700
Median gross rent	—	$900
Housing units	14	75
Homeownership rate	88.9%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	2.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotter	Oakville
Population	35 → 23 (-34.3%)	210 → 168 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$77,083 → $80,625 (+4.6%)	$48,125 → $53,750 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $108,300 (+80.5%)	$81,300 → $76,700 (-5.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$680 → $900 (+32.4%)

Cotter

Population

3523

Median household income

$77,083$80,625

Median home value

$60,000$108,300

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)

	Cotter	Oakville
Under 5	8.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	21.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.0%
35 to 44	4.3%	7.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	23.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	22.6%
65 to 74	26.1%	7.1%
75 and over	4.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotter	Oakville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	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	8.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotter	Oakville
No high school diploma	12.5%	18.7%
High school graduate	56.3%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotter	Oakville
Drove alone	75.0%	64.9%
Carpooled	25.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	9.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotter	Oakville
1-unit, detached	85.7%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Cotter	Oakville
Poverty rate	27.3%	26.8%
Average household size	2.56	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1960	1968