Dow City vs Schleswig

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

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

Schleswig has the higher population (940 vs 384 in Dow City). Schleswig has the higher median household income ($71,271 vs $46,932 in Dow City). Schleswig has the higher median home value ($130,400 vs $130,200 in Dow City).

Population, income & housing

	Dow City	Schleswig
Population	384	940
Median age	48.3 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,932	$71,271
Median home value	$130,200	$130,400
Median gross rent	$714	$476
Housing units	179	442
Homeownership rate	69.8%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dow City	Schleswig
Population	485 → 384 (-20.8%)	857 → 940 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$33,500 → $46,932 (+40.1%)	$61,196 → $71,271 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$70,500 → $130,200 (+84.7%)	$81,700 → $130,400 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $714 (+25.7%)	$445 → $476 (+7.0%)

Dow City

Population

485384

Median household income

$33,500$46,932

Median home value

$70,500$130,200

Median gross rent

$568$714

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)

	Dow City	Schleswig
Under 5	2.1%	14.1%
5 to 17	13.8%	11.6%
18 to 24	16.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	9.3%
35 to 44	4.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	14.7%
55 to 64	16.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	15.4%	9.5%
75 and over	9.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dow City	Schleswig
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	62.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	25.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dow City	Schleswig
No high school diploma	7.3%	15.5%
High school graduate	45.8%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dow City	Schleswig
Drove alone	71.8%	88.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	23.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dow City	Schleswig
1-unit, detached	70.9%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dow City	Schleswig
Poverty rate	15.1%	12.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	16	30
Median year structure built	1961	1943