Climbing Hill vs Oto

A side-by-side comparison of Climbing Hill and Oto: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Climbing Hill has the higher population (70 vs 66 in Oto). Climbing Hill has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $50,600 in Oto). Since 2019, Climbing Hill's population has grown faster (-7.9% vs -48.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Climbing Hill	Oto
Population	70	66
Median age	54.7 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median home value	$125,000	$50,600
Housing units	29	49
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	28.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Climbing Hill	Oto
Population	76 → 70 (-7.9%)	129 → 66 (-48.8%)
Median household income	$41,042 → $67,679 (+64.9%)	—
Median home value	$118,800 → $125,000 (+5.2%)	$28,800 → $50,600 (+75.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$575 → $542 (-5.7%)

Climbing Hill

Population

7670

Median household income

$41,042$67,679

Median home value

$118,800$125,000

Oto

Population

12966

Median home value

$28,800$50,600

Median gross rent

$575$542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Climbing Hill	Oto
Under 5	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	22.7%
25 to 34	20.0%	3.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.6%
45 to 54	34.3%	9.1%
55 to 64	4.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	21.2%
75 and over	35.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Climbing Hill	Oto
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.9%
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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Climbing Hill	Oto
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	47.1%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Climbing Hill	Oto
Drove alone	100.0%	87.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Climbing Hill	Oto
1-unit, detached	82.8%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Climbing Hill	Oto
Poverty rate	0.0%	25.8%
Average household size	2.92	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1938	1943