Onawa vs Whiting

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

Onawa and Whiting 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 840 in Whiting). Whiting has the higher median household income ($68,977 vs $54,659 in Onawa). Onawa has the higher median home value ($125,700 vs $87,800 in Whiting).

Population, income & housing

	Onawa	Whiting
Population	2,862	840
Median age	36.3 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,659	$68,977
Median home value	$125,700	$87,800
Median gross rent	$1,005	$931
Housing units	1,369	355
Homeownership rate	72.7%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Onawa	Whiting
Population	2,804 → 2,862 (+2.1%)	825 → 840 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$36,406 → $54,659 (+50.1%)	$52,368 → $68,977 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$83,900 → $125,700 (+49.8%)	$77,100 → $87,800 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $1,005 (+64.5%)	$731 → $931 (+27.4%)

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

Whiting

Population

825840

Median household income

$52,368$68,977

Median home value

$77,100$87,800

Median gross rent

$731$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Onawa	Whiting
Under 5	7.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	2.3%
25 to 34	15.5%	6.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	17.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	15.4%
75 and over	11.1%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Onawa	Whiting
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	81.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	5.6%
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%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Onawa	Whiting
No high school diploma	6.8%	4.7%
High school graduate	41.5%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Onawa	Whiting
Drove alone	81.7%	71.8%
Carpooled	12.3%	9.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	13.6%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Onawa	Whiting
1-unit, detached	82.9%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	2.3%
20 or more units	9.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Onawa	Whiting
Poverty rate	16.1%	10.1%
Average household size	2.19	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1960	1952