Neola vs Oakland

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

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

Oakland has the higher population (1,500 vs 1,098 in Neola). Oakland has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $68,859 in Neola). Neola has the higher median home value ($166,400 vs $144,600 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	Neola	Oakland
Population	1,098	1,500
Median age	35.5 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,859	$72,500
Median home value	$166,400	$144,600
Median gross rent	$994	$856
Housing units	414	657
Homeownership rate	70.8%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neola	Oakland
Population	990 → 1,098 (+10.9%)	1,567 → 1,500 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$67,188 → $68,859 (+2.5%)	$67,222 → $72,500 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $166,400 (+37.9%)	$110,800 → $144,600 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$870 → $994 (+14.3%)	$655 → $856 (+30.7%)

Neola

Population

9901,098

Median household income

$67,188$68,859

Median home value

$120,700$166,400

Median gross rent

$870$994

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)

	Neola	Oakland
Under 5	7.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	28.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	4.1%	10.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	7.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	5.4%	9.5%
75 and over	8.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neola	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	3.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neola	Oakland
No high school diploma	2.3%	9.8%
High school graduate	35.9%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	47.5%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neola	Oakland
Drove alone	74.0%	75.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	5.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Neola	Oakland
1-unit, detached	85.5%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Neola	Oakland
Poverty rate	6.3%	16.8%
Average household size	2.67	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1938	1956