Council Bluffs vs Oakland

A side-by-side comparison of Council Bluffs and Oakland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Council Bluffs has the higher population (62,564 vs 1,500 in Oakland). Oakland has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $64,092 in Council Bluffs). Council Bluffs has the higher median home value ($164,300 vs $144,600 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	Council Bluffs	Oakland
Population	62,564	1,500
Median age	39.0 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,092	$72,500
Median home value	$164,300	$144,600
Median gross rent	$980	$856
Housing units	27,576	657
Homeownership rate	64.1%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Council Bluffs	Oakland
Population	62,355 → 62,564 (+0.3%)	1,567 → 1,500 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$53,524 → $64,092 (+19.7%)	$67,222 → $72,500 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$120,100 → $164,300 (+36.8%)	$110,800 → $144,600 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $980 (+15.6%)	$655 → $856 (+30.7%)

Council Bluffs

Population

62,35562,564

Median household income

$53,524$64,092

Median home value

$120,100$164,300

Median gross rent

$848$980

Oakland

Population

1,5671,500

Median household income

$67,222$72,500

Median home value

$110,800$144,600

Median gross rent

$655$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Council Bluffs	Oakland
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.8%	18.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	10.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.5%
75 and over	6.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Council Bluffs	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	81.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	3.8%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Council Bluffs	Oakland
No high school diploma	10.9%	9.8%
High school graduate	34.3%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Council Bluffs	Oakland
Drove alone	80.0%	75.1%
Carpooled	7.6%	16.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	5.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Council Bluffs	Oakland
1-unit, detached	68.7%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	10.2%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Council Bluffs	Oakland
Poverty rate	13.2%	16.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1964	1956