Morning Sun vs Oakville

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

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

Morning Sun has the higher population (733 vs 168 in Oakville). Morning Sun has the higher median household income ($63,500 vs $53,750 in Oakville). Morning Sun has the higher median home value ($90,300 vs $76,700 in Oakville).

Population, income & housing

	Morning Sun	Oakville
Population	733	168
Median age	43.9 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,500	$53,750
Median home value	$90,300	$76,700
Median gross rent	$875	$900
Housing units	307	75
Homeownership rate	89.1%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	2.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morning Sun	Oakville
Population	783 → 733 (-6.4%)	210 → 168 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$46,731 → $63,500 (+35.9%)	$48,125 → $53,750 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$74,900 → $90,300 (+20.6%)	$81,300 → $76,700 (-5.7%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $875 (+34.6%)	$680 → $900 (+32.4%)

Morning Sun

Population

783733

Median household income

$46,731$63,500

Median home value

$74,900$90,300

Median gross rent

$650$875

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)

	Morning Sun	Oakville
Under 5	6.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.1%	13.7%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	7.6%	6.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	7.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	23.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	22.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.1%
75 and over	14.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morning Sun	Oakville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	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	7.1%	13.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morning Sun	Oakville
No high school diploma	11.1%	18.7%
High school graduate	41.7%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morning Sun	Oakville
Drove alone	92.2%	64.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	7.8%
Other means	0.6%	9.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morning Sun	Oakville
1-unit, detached	88.3%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Morning Sun	Oakville
Poverty rate	13.5%	26.8%
Average household size	2.60	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1951	1968