Onawa vs Ute

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

Onawa and Ute 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 351 in Ute). Ute has the higher median household income ($55,947 vs $54,659 in Onawa). Onawa has the higher median home value ($125,700 vs $80,900 in Ute).

Population, income & housing

	Onawa	Ute
Population	2,862	351
Median age	36.3 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,659	$55,947
Median home value	$125,700	$80,900
Median gross rent	$1,005	$633
Housing units	1,369	203
Homeownership rate	72.7%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Onawa	Ute
Population	2,804 → 2,862 (+2.1%)	298 → 351 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$36,406 → $54,659 (+50.1%)	$35,833 → $55,947 (+56.1%)
Median home value	$83,900 → $125,700 (+49.8%)	$56,700 → $80,900 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $1,005 (+64.5%)	$547 → $633 (+15.7%)

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

Ute

Population

298351

Median household income

$35,833$55,947

Median home value

$56,700$80,900

Median gross rent

$547$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Onawa	Ute
Under 5	7.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	22.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	5.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	8.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.7%
75 and over	11.1%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Onawa	Ute
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	99.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Onawa	Ute
No high school diploma	6.8%	3.3%
High school graduate	41.5%	53.8%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Onawa	Ute
Drove alone	81.7%	88.5%
Carpooled	12.3%	7.6%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	3.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Onawa	Ute
1-unit, detached	82.9%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	4.4%
20 or more units	9.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Onawa	Ute
Poverty rate	16.1%	12.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1960	1938