Dedham vs Ralston

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

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

Dedham has the higher population (262 vs 66 in Ralston). Dedham has the higher median household income ($87,083 vs $67,500 in Ralston). Dedham has the higher median home value ($132,400 vs $86,700 in Ralston).

Population, income & housing

	Dedham	Ralston
Population	262	66
Median age	32.5 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,083	$67,500
Median home value	$132,400	$86,700
Housing units	88	31
Homeownership rate	97.7%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dedham	Ralston
Population	261 → 262 (+0.4%)	64 → 66 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $87,083 (+58.3%)	$63,750 → $67,500 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$100,400 → $132,400 (+31.9%)	$54,300 → $86,700 (+59.7%)

Dedham

Population

261262

Median household income

$55,000$87,083

Median home value

$100,400$132,400

Ralston

Population

6466

Median household income

$63,750$67,500

Median home value

$54,300$86,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dedham	Ralston
Under 5	4.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	26.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	14.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	8.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	16.0%	9.1%
45 to 54	8.8%	9.1%
55 to 64	8.4%	9.1%
65 to 74	4.6%	19.7%
75 and over	9.2%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dedham	Ralston
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	92.4%
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%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dedham	Ralston
No high school diploma	2.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.5%	57.4%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dedham	Ralston
Drove alone	72.0%	81.5%
Carpooled	16.8%	14.8%
Public transit	4.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	3.7%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dedham	Ralston
1-unit, detached	97.7%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Dedham	Ralston
Poverty rate	17.2%	21.2%
Average household size	2.98	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1962	1944