Odebolt vs Wall Lake

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

Odebolt and Wall Lake 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 641 in Wall Lake). Wall Lake has the higher median household income ($59,306 vs $54,914 in Odebolt). Wall Lake has the higher median home value ($116,500 vs $98,100 in Odebolt).

Population, income & housing

	Odebolt	Wall Lake
Population	905	641
Median age	55.3 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,914	$59,306
Median home value	$98,100	$116,500
Median gross rent	$499	$632
Housing units	496	313
Homeownership rate	76.1%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Odebolt	Wall Lake
Population	915 → 905 (-1.1%)	731 → 641 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $54,914 (+3.4%)	$56,458 → $59,306 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$75,100 → $98,100 (+30.6%)	$87,100 → $116,500 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $499 (-17.5%)	$500 → $632 (+26.4%)

Odebolt

Population

915905

Median household income

$53,125$54,914

Median home value

$75,100$98,100

Median gross rent

$605$499

Wall Lake

Population

731641

Median household income

$56,458$59,306

Median home value

$87,100$116,500

Median gross rent

$500$632

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Odebolt	Wall Lake
Under 5	6.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	3.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	5.0%
35 to 44	5.4%	6.9%
45 to 54	8.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	24.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	18.4%
75 and over	11.5%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Odebolt	Wall Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	95.0%
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%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Odebolt	Wall Lake
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Odebolt	Wall Lake
Drove alone	86.7%	79.5%
Carpooled	4.1%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	7.8%
Other means	1.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Odebolt	Wall Lake
1-unit, detached	81.9%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Odebolt	Wall Lake
Poverty rate	8.3%	6.1%
Average household size	2.15	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1955	1962