Denison vs Schleswig

A side-by-side comparison of Denison and Schleswig: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Denison has the higher population (8,247 vs 940 in Schleswig). Schleswig has the higher median household income ($71,271 vs $63,850 in Denison). Denison has the higher median home value ($137,600 vs $130,400 in Schleswig).

Population, income & housing

	Denison	Schleswig
Population	8,247	940
Median age	34.0 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,850	$71,271
Median home value	$137,600	$130,400
Median gross rent	$770	$476
Housing units	3,187	442
Homeownership rate	74.1%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denison	Schleswig
Population	8,337 → 8,247 (-1.1%)	857 → 940 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$54,190 → $63,850 (+17.8%)	$61,196 → $71,271 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$93,600 → $137,600 (+47.0%)	$81,700 → $130,400 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $770 (+16.1%)	$445 → $476 (+7.0%)

Denison

Population

8,3378,247

Median household income

$54,190$63,850

Median home value

$93,600$137,600

Median gross rent

$663$770

Schleswig

Population

857940

Median household income

$61,196$71,271

Median home value

$81,700$130,400

Median gross rent

$445$476

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denison	Schleswig
Under 5	5.5%	14.1%
5 to 17	22.7%	11.6%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.3%	9.5%
75 and over	5.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denison	Schleswig
White (non-Hispanic)	43.6%	62.7%
Black or African American	2.9%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	48.7%	25.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denison	Schleswig
No high school diploma	24.8%	15.5%
High school graduate	32.6%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denison	Schleswig
Drove alone	70.9%	88.0%
Carpooled	16.5%	5.8%
Public transit	5.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	4.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denison	Schleswig
1-unit, detached	62.3%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	2.5%
20 or more units	7.2%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Denison	Schleswig
Poverty rate	20.1%	12.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	13	30
Median year structure built	1973	1943