Ossian vs Spillville

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

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

Ossian has the higher population (833 vs 409 in Spillville). Ossian has the higher median household income ($58,929 vs $42,750 in Spillville). Spillville has the higher median home value ($156,600 vs $152,700 in Ossian).

Population, income & housing

	Ossian	Spillville
Population	833	409
Median age	39.8 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,929	$42,750
Median home value	$152,700	$156,600
Median gross rent	$707	$929
Housing units	416	221
Homeownership rate	78.3%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ossian	Spillville
Population	808 → 833 (+3.1%)	474 → 409 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$55,438 → $58,929 (+6.3%)	$28,269 → $42,750 (+51.2%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $152,700 (+38.8%)	$122,900 → $156,600 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $707 (+28.5%)	$741 → $929 (+25.4%)

Ossian

Population

808833

Median household income

$55,438$58,929

Median home value

$110,000$152,700

Median gross rent

$550$707

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)

	Ossian	Spillville
Under 5	4.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	7.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	8.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	9.7%	8.3%
65 to 74	6.4%	11.5%
75 and over	15.4%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ossian	Spillville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ossian	Spillville
No high school diploma	10.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	37.1%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ossian	Spillville
Drove alone	80.1%	89.4%
Carpooled	4.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.5%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	1.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ossian	Spillville
1-unit, detached	91.6%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ossian	Spillville
Poverty rate	9.1%	16.9%
Average household size	2.01	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1938	1949