Dow City vs Westside

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

Dow City and Westside 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 307 in Westside). Westside has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $46,932 in Dow City). Westside has the higher median home value ($133,800 vs $130,200 in Dow City).

Population, income & housing

	Dow City	Westside
Population	384	307
Median age	48.3 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,932	$65,000
Median home value	$130,200	$133,800
Median gross rent	$714	$700
Housing units	179	163
Homeownership rate	69.8%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dow City	Westside
Population	485 → 384 (-20.8%)	269 → 307 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$33,500 → $46,932 (+40.1%)	$50,938 → $65,000 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$70,500 → $130,200 (+84.7%)	$89,300 → $133,800 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $714 (+25.7%)	$563 → $700 (+24.3%)

Dow City

Population

485384

Median household income

$33,500$46,932

Median home value

$70,500$130,200

Median gross rent

$568$714

Westside

Population

269307

Median household income

$50,938$65,000

Median home value

$89,300$133,800

Median gross rent

$563$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dow City	Westside
Under 5	2.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.8%	9.8%
18 to 24	16.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	8.1%	8.5%
35 to 44	4.7%	8.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	16.6%
55 to 64	16.4%	9.1%
65 to 74	15.4%	19.9%
75 and over	9.1%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dow City	Westside
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	88.6%
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%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dow City	Westside
No high school diploma	7.3%	1.2%
High school graduate	45.8%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dow City	Westside
Drove alone	71.8%	88.6%
Carpooled	3.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	23.5%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dow City	Westside
1-unit, detached	70.9%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Dow City	Westside
Poverty rate	15.1%	2.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1961	1942