Beacon vs Oskaloosa

A side-by-side comparison of Beacon and Oskaloosa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oskaloosa has the higher population (11,492 vs 497 in Beacon). Oskaloosa has the higher median household income ($62,172 vs $56,000 in Beacon). Oskaloosa has the higher median home value ($128,900 vs $76,200 in Beacon).

Population, income & housing

	Beacon	Oskaloosa
Population	497	11,492
Median age	40.4 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,000	$62,172
Median home value	$76,200	$128,900
Median gross rent	$729	$880
Housing units	220	5,139
Homeownership rate	86.2%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beacon	Oskaloosa
Population	639 → 497 (-22.2%)	11,511 → 11,492 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$37,188 → $56,000 (+50.6%)	$47,429 → $62,172 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $76,200 (+12.9%)	$96,300 → $128,900 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $729 (-8.1%)	$653 → $880 (+34.8%)

Beacon

Population

639497

Median household income

$37,188$56,000

Median home value

$67,500$76,200

Median gross rent

$793$729

Oskaloosa

Population

11,51111,492

Median household income

$47,429$62,172

Median home value

$96,300$128,900

Median gross rent

$653$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beacon	Oskaloosa
Under 5	3.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	11.4%
25 to 34	6.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.7%
75 and over	8.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beacon	Oskaloosa
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	91.8%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beacon	Oskaloosa
No high school diploma	11.4%	6.0%
High school graduate	46.7%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beacon	Oskaloosa
Drove alone	79.6%	79.3%
Carpooled	19.3%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beacon	Oskaloosa
1-unit, detached	63.2%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	36.8%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Beacon	Oskaloosa
Poverty rate	12.5%	16.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	16
Median year structure built	1982	1964