Dickens vs Greenville

A side-by-side comparison of Dickens and Greenville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dickens has the higher population (134 vs 70 in Greenville). Dickens has the higher median household income ($92,778 vs $44,375 in Greenville). Dickens has the higher median home value ($98,000 vs $70,000 in Greenville).

Population, income & housing

	Dickens	Greenville
Population	134	70
Median age	49.5 yrs	26.5 yrs
Median household income	$92,778	$44,375
Median home value	$98,000	$70,000
Housing units	68	39
Homeownership rate	96.2%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dickens	Greenville
Population	212 → 134 (-36.8%)	75 → 70 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$56,667 → $92,778 (+63.7%)	$45,000 → $44,375 (-1.4%)
Median home value	$75,600 → $98,000 (+29.6%)	$50,000 → $70,000 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $625 (+12.0%)	—

Dickens

Population

212134

Median household income

$56,667$92,778

Median home value

$75,600$98,000

Median gross rent

$558$625

Greenville

Population

7570

Median household income

$45,000$44,375

Median home value

$50,000$70,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dickens	Greenville
Under 5	6.0%	17.1%
5 to 17	11.2%	30.0%
18 to 24	11.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	17.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	20.9%	2.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.4%	7.1%
75 and over	11.9%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dickens	Greenville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	85.7%
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	0.0%	14.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dickens	Greenville
No high school diploma	8.3%	16.2%
High school graduate	49.0%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dickens	Greenville
Drove alone	84.7%	86.2%
Carpooled	15.3%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dickens	Greenville
1-unit, detached	72.1%	100.0%
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	27.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dickens	Greenville
Poverty rate	7.6%	12.9%
Average household size	2.58	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1971	1938