Burr Oak vs Spillville

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

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

Spillville has the higher population (409 vs 234 in Burr Oak). Burr Oak has the higher median household income ($62,813 vs $42,750 in Spillville). Spillville has the higher median home value ($156,600 vs $130,900 in Burr Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Burr Oak	Spillville
Population	234	409
Median age	33.9 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,813	$42,750
Median home value	$130,900	$156,600
Median gross rent	—	$929
Housing units	111	221
Homeownership rate	75.8%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burr Oak	Spillville
Population	209 → 234 (+12.0%)	474 → 409 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$70,417 → $62,813 (-10.8%)	$28,269 → $42,750 (+51.2%)
Median home value	$154,800 → $130,900 (-15.4%)	$122,900 → $156,600 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $825 (+21.5%)	$741 → $929 (+25.4%)

Burr Oak

Population

209234

Median household income

$70,417$62,813

Median home value

$154,800$130,900

Median gross rent

$679$825

Spillville

Population

474409

Median household income

$28,269$42,750

Median home value

$122,900$156,600

Median gross rent

$741$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burr Oak	Spillville
Under 5	10.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.8%
25 to 34	18.8%	7.3%
35 to 44	7.3%	8.6%
45 to 54	7.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.7%	8.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.5%
75 and over	9.4%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burr Oak	Spillville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.8%
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%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burr Oak	Spillville
No high school diploma	6.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	62.7%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burr Oak	Spillville
Drove alone	88.7%	89.4%
Carpooled	11.3%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burr Oak	Spillville
1-unit, detached	73.0%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	27.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burr Oak	Spillville
Poverty rate	46.2%	16.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1990	1949