Odebolt vs Schaller

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

Odebolt and Schaller 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 817 in Schaller). Schaller has the higher median household income ($65,909 vs $54,914 in Odebolt). Odebolt has the higher median home value ($98,100 vs $73,700 in Schaller).

Population, income & housing

	Odebolt	Schaller
Population	905	817
Median age	55.3 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,914	$65,909
Median home value	$98,100	$73,700
Median gross rent	$499	$907
Housing units	496	359
Homeownership rate	76.1%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Odebolt	Schaller
Population	915 → 905 (-1.1%)	720 → 817 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $54,914 (+3.4%)	$49,688 → $65,909 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$75,100 → $98,100 (+30.6%)	$72,100 → $73,700 (+2.2%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $499 (-17.5%)	$560 → $907 (+62.0%)

Odebolt

Population

915905

Median household income

$53,125$54,914

Median home value

$75,100$98,100

Median gross rent

$605$499

Schaller

Population

720817

Median household income

$49,688$65,909

Median home value

$72,100$73,700

Median gross rent

$560$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Odebolt	Schaller
Under 5	6.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	14.1%	20.0%
18 to 24	3.9%	10.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	5.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	8.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	24.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	7.2%
75 and over	11.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Odebolt	Schaller
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	67.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	5.4%
Some other race	0.0%	4.9%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	22.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Odebolt	Schaller
No high school diploma	6.7%	20.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Odebolt	Schaller
Drove alone	86.7%	84.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.5%
Other means	1.4%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Odebolt	Schaller
1-unit, detached	81.9%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Odebolt	Schaller
Poverty rate	8.3%	12.7%
Average household size	2.15	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1955	1950