Carpenter vs Otranto

A side-by-side comparison of Carpenter and Otranto: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carpenter has the higher population (70 vs 34 in Otranto).

Population, income & housing

	Carpenter	Otranto
Population	70	34
Median age	49.8 yrs	69.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,344	—
Median home value	$62,500	—
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	46	25
Homeownership rate	82.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpenter	Otranto
Population	126 → 70 (-44.4%)	0 → 34 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$47,000 → $72,344 (+53.9%)	—
Median home value	$55,000 → $62,500 (+13.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$675 → $775 (+14.8%)	—

Carpenter

Population

12670

Median household income

$47,000$72,344

Median home value

$55,000$62,500

Median gross rent

$675$775

Otranto

Population

034

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpenter	Otranto
Under 5	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	32.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	47.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	52.9%
75 and over	8.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpenter	Otranto
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	14.7%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpenter	Otranto
No high school diploma	18.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	45.5%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpenter	Otranto
Drove alone	86.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpenter	Otranto
1-unit, detached	95.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carpenter	Otranto
Poverty rate	4.3%	32.4%
Average household size	1.71	1.36
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	1942	1938