Breda vs Dedham

A side-by-side comparison of Breda and Dedham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Breda has the higher population (436 vs 262 in Dedham). Dedham has the higher median household income ($87,083 vs $59,469 in Breda). Breda has the higher median home value ($133,600 vs $132,400 in Dedham).

Population, income & housing

	Breda	Dedham
Population	436	262
Median age	36.0 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,469	$87,083
Median home value	$133,600	$132,400
Median gross rent	$806	—
Housing units	234	88
Homeownership rate	66.5%	97.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Breda	Dedham
Population	440 → 436 (-0.9%)	261 → 262 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$65,000 → $59,469 (-8.5%)	$55,000 → $87,083 (+58.3%)
Median home value	$122,400 → $133,600 (+9.2%)	$100,400 → $132,400 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$552 → $806 (+46.0%)	—

Breda

Population

440436

Median household income

$65,000$59,469

Median home value

$122,400$133,600

Median gross rent

$552$806

Dedham

Population

261262

Median household income

$55,000$87,083

Median home value

$100,400$132,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Breda	Dedham
Under 5	5.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	26.3%
18 to 24	18.1%	14.5%
25 to 34	12.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	8.9%	16.0%
45 to 54	6.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	18.6%	8.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	4.6%
75 and over	6.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Breda	Dedham
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Breda	Dedham
No high school diploma	4.6%	2.1%
High school graduate	32.7%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Breda	Dedham
Drove alone	90.8%	72.0%
Carpooled	3.3%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	4.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Breda	Dedham
1-unit, detached	89.3%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Breda	Dedham
Poverty rate	3.9%	17.2%
Average household size	2.03	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1957	1962