Burr Oak vs Fort Atkinson

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

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

Fort Atkinson has the higher population (340 vs 234 in Burr Oak). Fort Atkinson has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $62,813 in Burr Oak). Fort Atkinson has the higher median home value ($135,000 vs $130,900 in Burr Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Burr Oak	Fort Atkinson
Population	234	340
Median age	33.9 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,813	$72,083
Median home value	$130,900	$135,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,125
Housing units	111	172
Homeownership rate	75.8%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burr Oak	Fort Atkinson
Population	209 → 234 (+12.0%)	372 → 340 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$70,417 → $62,813 (-10.8%)	$61,806 → $72,083 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$154,800 → $130,900 (-15.4%)	$125,000 → $135,000 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $825 (+21.5%)	$625 → $1,125 (+80.0%)

Burr Oak

Population

209234

Median household income

$70,417$62,813

Median home value

$154,800$130,900

Median gross rent

$679$825

Fort Atkinson

Population

372340

Median household income

$61,806$72,083

Median home value

$125,000$135,000

Median gross rent

$625$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burr Oak	Fort Atkinson
Under 5	10.7%	8.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	5.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	13.5%
25 to 34	18.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	7.3%	8.8%
45 to 54	7.3%	18.2%
55 to 64	16.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.5%
75 and over	9.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burr Oak	Fort Atkinson
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.6%
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%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burr Oak	Fort Atkinson
No high school diploma	6.3%	6.1%
High school graduate	62.7%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burr Oak	Fort Atkinson
Drove alone	88.7%	88.9%
Carpooled	11.3%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burr Oak	Fort Atkinson
1-unit, detached	73.0%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.0%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Burr Oak	Fort Atkinson
Poverty rate	46.2%	1.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1990	1957