Burchinal vs Dougherty

A side-by-side comparison of Burchinal and Dougherty: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dougherty has the higher population (94 vs 19 in Burchinal). Since 2019, Dougherty's population has grown faster (+44.6% vs +26.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Burchinal	Dougherty
Population	19	94
Median age	33.3 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$46,250
Median home value	—	$48,000
Housing units	28	42
Homeownership rate	41.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burchinal	Dougherty
Population	15 → 19 (+26.7%)	65 → 94 (+44.6%)
Median household income	—	$50,000 → $46,250 (-7.5%)
Median home value	—	$45,000 → $48,000 (+6.7%)

Burchinal

Population

1519

Dougherty

Population

6594

Median household income

$50,000$46,250

Median home value

$45,000$48,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burchinal	Dougherty
Under 5	0.0%	17.0%
5 to 17	10.5%	25.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	47.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	4.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.9%
55 to 64	31.6%	4.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.5%
75 and over	0.0%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burchinal	Dougherty
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	84.0%
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%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burchinal	Dougherty
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.0%
High school graduate	29.4%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	41.2%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burchinal	Dougherty
Drove alone	100.0%	84.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burchinal	Dougherty
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.9%
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	0.0%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Burchinal	Dougherty
Poverty rate	36.8%	5.3%
Average household size	1.58	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1958	1938