Dakota vs Winslow

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

Dakota and Winslow 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 376 in Winslow). Dakota has the higher median household income ($57,063 vs $54,375 in Winslow). Dakota has the higher median home value ($115,700 vs $100,000 in Winslow).

Population, income & housing

	Dakota	Winslow
Population	625	376
Median age	33.4 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,063	$54,375
Median home value	$115,700	$100,000
Median gross rent	$644	$882
Housing units	279	168
Homeownership rate	63.7%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dakota	Winslow
Population	562 → 625 (+11.2%)	350 → 376 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$57,679 → $57,063 (-1.1%)	$54,318 → $54,375 (+0.1%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $115,700 (+22.7%)	$72,500 → $100,000 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $644 (-4.6%)	$613 → $882 (+43.9%)

Dakota

Population

562625

Median household income

$57,679$57,063

Median home value

$94,300$115,700

Median gross rent

$675$644

Winslow

Population

350376

Median household income

$54,318$54,375

Median home value

$72,500$100,000

Median gross rent

$613$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dakota	Winslow
Under 5	6.4%	9.0%
5 to 17	25.8%	21.0%
18 to 24	12.6%	13.3%
25 to 34	6.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	16.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	5.6%	5.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.4%
75 and over	6.9%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dakota	Winslow
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	64.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	30.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dakota	Winslow
No high school diploma	7.2%	4.2%
High school graduate	35.1%	53.5%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dakota	Winslow
Drove alone	68.1%	82.5%
Carpooled	15.0%	8.0%
Public transit	5.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	5.5%
Other means	2.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dakota	Winslow
1-unit, detached	84.6%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dakota	Winslow
Poverty rate	12.5%	30.1%
Average household size	2.91	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1945	1938