Deloit vs Dow City

A side-by-side comparison of Deloit and Dow City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dow City has the higher population (384 vs 309 in Deloit). Dow City has the higher median household income ($46,932 vs $37,917 in Deloit). Dow City has the higher median home value ($130,200 vs $68,800 in Deloit).

Population, income & housing

	Deloit	Dow City
Population	309	384
Median age	38.7 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,917	$46,932
Median home value	$68,800	$130,200
Median gross rent	$700	$714
Housing units	158	179
Homeownership rate	91.3%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deloit	Dow City
Population	287 → 309 (+7.7%)	485 → 384 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $37,917 (+12.3%)	$33,500 → $46,932 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$63,200 → $68,800 (+8.9%)	$70,500 → $130,200 (+84.7%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $700 (+27.3%)	$568 → $714 (+25.7%)

Deloit

Population

287309

Median household income

$33,750$37,917

Median home value

$63,200$68,800

Median gross rent

$550$700

Dow City

Population

485384

Median household income

$33,500$46,932

Median home value

$70,500$130,200

Median gross rent

$568$714

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deloit	Dow City
Under 5	10.7%	2.1%
5 to 17	23.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	2.9%	16.4%
25 to 34	7.8%	8.1%
35 to 44	15.5%	4.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	6.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	14.9%	15.4%
75 and over	6.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deloit	Dow City
White (non-Hispanic)	47.6%	79.7%
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	11.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	41.4%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deloit	Dow City
No high school diploma	14.8%	7.3%
High school graduate	26.5%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	46.4%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deloit	Dow City
Drove alone	88.5%	71.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	23.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deloit	Dow City
1-unit, detached	73.4%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Deloit	Dow City
Poverty rate	14.9%	15.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1972	1961