Dickens vs Rossie

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

Dickens and Rossie 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 91 in Rossie). Since 2019, Rossie's population has grown faster (+175.8% vs -36.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Dickens	Rossie
Population	134	91
Median age	49.5 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$92,778	—
Median home value	$98,000	—
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	68	55
Homeownership rate	96.2%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	2.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dickens	Rossie
Population	212 → 134 (-36.8%)	33 → 91 (+175.8%)
Median household income	$56,667 → $92,778 (+63.7%)	—
Median home value	$75,600 → $98,000 (+29.6%)	—
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

Rossie

Population

3391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dickens	Rossie
Under 5	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	15.4%
18 to 24	11.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	3.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	20.9%	27.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	7.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	36.3%
75 and over	11.9%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dickens	Rossie
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	91.2%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dickens	Rossie
No high school diploma	8.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	49.0%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dickens	Rossie
Drove alone	84.7%	71.4%
Carpooled	15.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	28.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dickens	Rossie
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	Rossie
Poverty rate	7.6%	14.3%
Average household size	2.58	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	23	13
Median year structure built	1971	1954