Aplington vs Dumont

A side-by-side comparison of Aplington and Dumont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Aplington has the higher population (1,012 vs 829 in Dumont). Aplington has the higher median household income ($70,093 vs $57,604 in Dumont). Aplington has the higher median home value ($131,800 vs $72,700 in Dumont).

Population, income & housing

	Aplington	Dumont
Population	1,012	829
Median age	37.6 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,093	$57,604
Median home value	$131,800	$72,700
Median gross rent	$650	$495
Housing units	444	325
Homeownership rate	84.8%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aplington	Dumont
Population	968 → 1,012 (+4.5%)	601 → 829 (+37.9%)
Median household income	$56,186 → $70,093 (+24.8%)	$41,771 → $57,604 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $131,800 (+43.1%)	$57,500 → $72,700 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $650 (+8.5%)	$618 → $495 (-19.9%)

Aplington

Population

9681,012

Median household income

$56,186$70,093

Median home value

$92,100$131,800

Median gross rent

$599$650

Dumont

Population

601829

Median household income

$41,771$57,604

Median home value

$57,500$72,700

Median gross rent

$618$495

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aplington	Dumont
Under 5	11.4%	11.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	22.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	7.0%
45 to 54	6.8%	5.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	8.9%
65 to 74	8.6%	15.0%
75 and over	12.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aplington	Dumont
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aplington	Dumont
No high school diploma	5.0%	13.1%
High school graduate	38.3%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aplington	Dumont
Drove alone	84.9%	82.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	0.6%
Other means	0.6%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aplington	Dumont
1-unit, detached	86.7%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	4.6%
20 or more units	3.4%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aplington	Dumont
Poverty rate	7.0%	13.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1960	1938