Dakota vs Davis

A side-by-side comparison of Dakota and Davis: population, income, housing, and more.

Dakota and Davis are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dakota has the higher population (625 vs 425 in Davis). Davis has the higher median household income ($64,107 vs $57,063 in Dakota). Davis has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $115,700 in Dakota).

Population, income & housing

	Dakota	Davis
Population	625	425
Median age	33.4 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,063	$64,107
Median home value	$115,700	$150,000
Median gross rent	$644	$918
Housing units	279	207
Homeownership rate	63.7%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dakota	Davis
Population	562 → 625 (+11.2%)	551 → 425 (-22.9%)
Median household income	$57,679 → $57,063 (-1.1%)	$53,068 → $64,107 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $115,700 (+22.7%)	$105,500 → $150,000 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $644 (-4.6%)	$850 → $918 (+8.0%)

Dakota

Population

562625

Median household income

$57,679$57,063

Median home value

$94,300$115,700

Median gross rent

$675$644

Davis

Population

551425

Median household income

$53,068$64,107

Median home value

$105,500$150,000

Median gross rent

$850$918

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dakota	Davis
Under 5	6.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	25.8%	12.9%
18 to 24	12.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	6.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	9.2%
45 to 54	16.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	5.6%	19.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	12.2%
75 and over	6.9%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dakota	Davis
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dakota	Davis
No high school diploma	7.2%	8.4%
High school graduate	35.1%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dakota	Davis
Drove alone	68.1%	75.1%
Carpooled	15.0%	2.7%
Public transit	5.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	16.7%
Other means	2.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dakota	Davis
1-unit, detached	84.6%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Dakota	Davis
Poverty rate	12.5%	3.1%
Average household size	2.91	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1945	1952