Dougherty vs Meservey

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

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

Meservey has the higher population (300 vs 94 in Dougherty). Meservey has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $46,250 in Dougherty). Meservey has the higher median home value ($54,100 vs $48,000 in Dougherty).

Population, income & housing

	Dougherty	Meservey
Population	94	300
Median age	28.0 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$54,063
Median home value	$48,000	$54,100
Median gross rent	—	$667
Housing units	42	149
Homeownership rate	100.0%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dougherty	Meservey
Population	65 → 94 (+44.6%)	196 → 300 (+53.1%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $46,250 (-7.5%)	$59,375 → $54,063 (-8.9%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $48,000 (+6.7%)	$49,300 → $54,100 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$733 → $667 (-9.0%)

Dougherty

Population

6594

Median household income

$50,000$46,250

Median home value

$45,000$48,000

Meservey

Population

196300

Median household income

$59,375$54,063

Median home value

$49,300$54,100

Median gross rent

$733$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dougherty	Meservey
Under 5	17.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	25.5%	28.0%
18 to 24	4.3%	4.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	4.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	14.9%	8.7%
55 to 64	4.3%	9.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.3%
75 and over	11.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dougherty	Meservey
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	72.7%
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	3.2%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dougherty	Meservey
No high school diploma	2.0%	22.0%
High school graduate	26.0%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	56.0%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dougherty	Meservey
Drove alone	84.8%	90.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dougherty	Meservey
1-unit, detached	92.9%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Dougherty	Meservey
Poverty rate	5.3%	28.0%
Average household size	2.97	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	17	29
Median year structure built	1938	1944