Mapleton vs Onawa

A side-by-side comparison of Mapleton and Onawa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Onawa has the higher population (2,862 vs 997 in Mapleton). Onawa has the higher median household income ($54,659 vs $52,955 in Mapleton). Onawa has the higher median home value ($125,700 vs $116,400 in Mapleton).

Population, income & housing

	Mapleton	Onawa
Population	997	2,862
Median age	56.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,955	$54,659
Median home value	$116,400	$125,700
Median gross rent	$780	$1,005
Housing units	630	1,369
Homeownership rate	77.0%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mapleton	Onawa
Population	1,114 → 997 (-10.5%)	2,804 → 2,862 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$46,417 → $52,955 (+14.1%)	$36,406 → $54,659 (+50.1%)
Median home value	$87,300 → $116,400 (+33.3%)	$83,900 → $125,700 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $780 (+48.6%)	$611 → $1,005 (+64.5%)

Mapleton

Population

1,114997

Median household income

$46,417$52,955

Median home value

$87,300$116,400

Median gross rent

$525$780

Onawa

Population

2,8042,862

Median household income

$36,406$54,659

Median home value

$83,900$125,700

Median gross rent

$611$1,005

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mapleton	Onawa
Under 5	5.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	10.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	7.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	7.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	20.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	14.1%	8.6%
75 and over	17.4%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mapleton	Onawa
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mapleton	Onawa
No high school diploma	13.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	38.2%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mapleton	Onawa
Drove alone	83.9%	81.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	5.9%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mapleton	Onawa
1-unit, detached	80.3%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	3.1%
20 or more units	1.1%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Mapleton	Onawa
Poverty rate	10.4%	16.1%
Average household size	1.84	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1959	1960