Early vs Odebolt

A side-by-side comparison of Early and Odebolt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Odebolt has the higher population (905 vs 757 in Early). Early has the higher median household income ($76,083 vs $54,914 in Odebolt). Odebolt has the higher median home value ($98,100 vs $83,500 in Early).

Population, income & housing

	Early	Odebolt
Population	757	905
Median age	39.0 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,083	$54,914
Median home value	$83,500	$98,100
Median gross rent	$588	$499
Housing units	358	496
Homeownership rate	69.0%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Early	Odebolt
Population	705 → 757 (+7.4%)	915 → 905 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $76,083 (+60.2%)	$53,125 → $54,914 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $83,500 (+18.8%)	$75,100 → $98,100 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $588 (-6.8%)	$605 → $499 (-17.5%)

Early

Population

705757

Median household income

$47,500$76,083

Median home value

$70,300$83,500

Median gross rent

$631$588

Odebolt

Population

915905

Median household income

$53,125$54,914

Median home value

$75,100$98,100

Median gross rent

$605$499

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Early	Odebolt
Under 5	9.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	10.4%	3.9%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	6.5%	5.4%
45 to 54	13.9%	8.5%
55 to 64	20.3%	24.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	14.9%
75 and over	6.9%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Early	Odebolt
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	97.1%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Early	Odebolt
No high school diploma	12.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	30.3%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Early	Odebolt
Drove alone	91.9%	86.7%
Carpooled	3.7%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	2.9%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Early	Odebolt
1-unit, detached	77.9%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Early	Odebolt
Poverty rate	11.8%	8.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1946	1955