Dow City vs Manilla

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

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

Manilla has the higher population (761 vs 384 in Dow City). Manilla has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $46,932 in Dow City). Dow City has the higher median home value ($130,200 vs $94,800 in Manilla).

Population, income & housing

	Dow City	Manilla
Population	384	761
Median age	48.3 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,932	$66,875
Median home value	$130,200	$94,800
Median gross rent	$714	$660
Housing units	179	315
Homeownership rate	69.8%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dow City	Manilla
Population	485 → 384 (-20.8%)	895 → 761 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$33,500 → $46,932 (+40.1%)	$50,721 → $66,875 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$70,500 → $130,200 (+84.7%)	$75,100 → $94,800 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $714 (+25.7%)	$489 → $660 (+35.0%)

Dow City

Population

485384

Median household income

$33,500$46,932

Median home value

$70,500$130,200

Median gross rent

$568$714

Manilla

Population

895761

Median household income

$50,721$66,875

Median home value

$75,100$94,800

Median gross rent

$489$660

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dow City	Manilla
Under 5	2.1%	10.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.0%
18 to 24	16.4%	17.3%
25 to 34	8.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	4.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	16.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	15.4%	7.0%
75 and over	9.1%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dow City	Manilla
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	93.3%
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	6.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dow City	Manilla
No high school diploma	7.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	45.8%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dow City	Manilla
Drove alone	71.8%	91.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	23.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dow City	Manilla
1-unit, detached	70.9%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Dow City	Manilla
Poverty rate	15.1%	4.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1961	1938