Oelwein, Iowa Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Oelwein is 8th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Oelwein is 15th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Home ownership rate

Oelwein is 19th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Female residents

Oelwein is 20th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Race - White

Size Demographics
	Oelwein	Rank	Iowa	US
Current population (2012)	6,363	60th	3,074,186	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4.8	65th	55,857.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,334.5	42nd	54.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Oelwein	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	28th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.1%	54th	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	21.2%	8th	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Oelwein	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.2%	61st	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.4%	77th	24.9%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Oelwein	Rank	Iowa	US
Race - White	96.1%	20th	92.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.9%	53rd	3.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	74th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	67th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	25th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	42nd	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	45th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	93.9%	25th	88.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Oelwein	Rank	Iowa	US
Female residents	52.4%	19th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.2%	81st	4.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Oelwein	Rank	Iowa	US
Housing units	3,058	57th	1,340,529	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.4%	78th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	2,847	55th	1,219,137	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.6%	15th	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$63,700	80th	$121,300	$186,200
People per household	2.2	65th	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Oelwein	Rank	Iowa	US
Income per capita	$21,721	61st	$26,110	$27,915
Income per household	$37,277	69th	$50,451	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.6%	33rd	11.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Oelwein	Rank	Iowa	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	414	75th	259,931	27,092,908
Retail sales	$61,434	69th	$39,234,649	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,079	68th	$13,172	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$7,102	61st	$4,737,719	$613,795,732