Denison vs Vail

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

Denison and Vail 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 431 in Vail). Vail has the higher median household income ($66,458 vs $63,850 in Denison). Denison has the higher median home value ($137,600 vs $82,100 in Vail).

Population, income & housing

	Denison	Vail
Population	8,247	431
Median age	34.0 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,850	$66,458
Median home value	$137,600	$82,100
Median gross rent	$770	$665
Housing units	3,187	159
Homeownership rate	74.1%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denison	Vail
Population	8,337 → 8,247 (-1.1%)	532 → 431 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$54,190 → $63,850 (+17.8%)	$47,232 → $66,458 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$93,600 → $137,600 (+47.0%)	$61,000 → $82,100 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $770 (+16.1%)	$606 → $665 (+9.7%)

Denison

Population

8,3378,247

Median household income

$54,190$63,850

Median home value

$93,600$137,600

Median gross rent

$663$770

Vail

Population

532431

Median household income

$47,232$66,458

Median home value

$61,000$82,100

Median gross rent

$606$665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denison	Vail
Under 5	5.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	22.7%	31.1%
18 to 24	10.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	6.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	15.8%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	6.5%
75 and over	5.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denison	Vail
White (non-Hispanic)	43.6%	58.2%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	48.7%	39.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denison	Vail
No high school diploma	24.8%	23.2%
High school graduate	32.6%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denison	Vail
Drove alone	70.9%	81.5%
Carpooled	16.5%	10.4%
Public transit	5.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	6.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denison	Vail
1-unit, detached	62.3%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	1.3%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Denison	Vail
Poverty rate	20.1%	24.4%
Average household size	2.62	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	13	27
Median year structure built	1973	1938