Nortonville vs Oskaloosa

A side-by-side comparison of Nortonville and Oskaloosa: population, income, housing, and more.

Nortonville and Oskaloosa are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oskaloosa has the higher population (1,172 vs 797 in Nortonville). Oskaloosa has the higher median household income ($79,250 vs $73,500 in Nortonville). Oskaloosa has the higher median home value ($145,000 vs $91,500 in Nortonville).

Population, income & housing

	Nortonville	Oskaloosa
Population	797	1,172
Median age	35.3 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,500	$79,250
Median home value	$91,500	$145,000
Median gross rent	$869	$863
Housing units	315	468
Homeownership rate	73.8%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nortonville	Oskaloosa
Population	696 → 797 (+14.5%)	1,344 → 1,172 (-12.8%)
Median household income	$55,556 → $73,500 (+32.3%)	$51,250 → $79,250 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$79,000 → $91,500 (+15.8%)	$120,700 → $145,000 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $869 (+26.3%)	$738 → $863 (+16.9%)

Nortonville

Population

696797

Median household income

$55,556$73,500

Median home value

$79,000$91,500

Median gross rent

$688$869

Oskaloosa

Population

1,3441,172

Median household income

$51,250$79,250

Median home value

$120,700$145,000

Median gross rent

$738$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nortonville	Oskaloosa
Under 5	12.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	21.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	15.6%
55 to 64	8.5%	10.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.9%
75 and over	6.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nortonville	Oskaloosa
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.8%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nortonville	Oskaloosa
No high school diploma	6.5%	4.7%
High school graduate	38.2%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nortonville	Oskaloosa
Drove alone	85.0%	81.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	8.7%
Other means	4.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nortonville	Oskaloosa
1-unit, detached	91.1%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Nortonville	Oskaloosa
Poverty rate	19.2%	14.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	35	24
Median year structure built	1949	1971