Burr Oak vs Calmar

A side-by-side comparison of Burr Oak and Calmar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Calmar has the higher population (980 vs 234 in Burr Oak). Calmar has the higher median household income ($81,583 vs $62,813 in Burr Oak). Calmar has the higher median home value ($194,600 vs $130,900 in Burr Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Burr Oak	Calmar
Population	234	980
Median age	33.9 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,813	$81,583
Median home value	$130,900	$194,600
Median gross rent	—	$684
Housing units	111	449
Homeownership rate	75.8%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burr Oak	Calmar
Population	209 → 234 (+12.0%)	1,009 → 980 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$70,417 → $62,813 (-10.8%)	$59,250 → $81,583 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$154,800 → $130,900 (-15.4%)	$136,300 → $194,600 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $825 (+21.5%)	$861 → $684 (-20.6%)

Burr Oak

Population

209234

Median household income

$70,417$62,813

Median home value

$154,800$130,900

Median gross rent

$679$825

Calmar

Population

1,009980

Median household income

$59,250$81,583

Median home value

$136,300$194,600

Median gross rent

$861$684

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burr Oak	Calmar
Under 5	10.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	23.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	15.6%
25 to 34	18.8%	6.8%
35 to 44	7.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	7.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	6.7%
75 and over	9.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burr Oak	Calmar
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burr Oak	Calmar
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.7%
High school graduate	62.7%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burr Oak	Calmar
Drove alone	88.7%	90.1%
Carpooled	11.3%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burr Oak	Calmar
1-unit, detached	73.0%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	27.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Burr Oak	Calmar
Poverty rate	46.2%	10.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1990	1966