Oakland vs Walnut

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

Oakland and Walnut 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 1,339 in Walnut). Oakland has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $65,278 in Walnut). Oakland has the higher median home value ($144,600 vs $97,900 in Walnut).

Population, income & housing

	Oakland	Walnut
Population	1,500	1,339
Median age	36.4 yrs	66.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$65,278
Median home value	$144,600	$97,900
Median gross rent	$856	$844
Housing units	657	412
Homeownership rate	61.1%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakland	Walnut
Population	1,567 → 1,500 (-4.3%)	764 → 1,339 (+75.3%)
Median household income	$67,222 → $72,500 (+7.9%)	$46,625 → $65,278 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $144,600 (+30.5%)	$102,900 → $97,900 (-4.9%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $856 (+30.7%)	$823 → $844 (+2.6%)

Oakland

Population

1,5671,500

Median household income

$67,222$72,500

Median home value

$110,800$144,600

Median gross rent

$655$856

Walnut

Population

7641,339

Median household income

$46,625$65,278

Median home value

$102,900$97,900

Median gross rent

$823$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakland	Walnut
Under 5	5.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	9.2%
18 to 24	10.9%	1.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	3.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	7.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	19.7%
75 and over	6.8%	33.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakland	Walnut
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakland	Walnut
No high school diploma	9.8%	11.4%
High school graduate	31.7%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakland	Walnut
Drove alone	75.1%	85.5%
Carpooled	16.1%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakland	Walnut
1-unit, detached	79.1%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Oakland	Walnut
Poverty rate	16.8%	9.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1956	1938