Adel vs Dallas Center

A side-by-side comparison of Adel and Dallas Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Adel has the higher population (6,259 vs 2,058 in Dallas Center). Adel has the higher median household income ($96,905 vs $88,750 in Dallas Center). Adel has the higher median home value ($320,500 vs $231,100 in Dallas Center).

Population, income & housing

	Adel	Dallas Center
Population	6,259	2,058
Median age	36.8 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,905	$88,750
Median home value	$320,500	$231,100
Median gross rent	$842	$1,082
Housing units	2,376	902
Homeownership rate	67.7%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.3%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adel	Dallas Center
Population	4,588 → 6,259 (+36.4%)	1,515 → 2,058 (+35.8%)
Median household income	$65,000 → $96,905 (+49.1%)	$66,875 → $88,750 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$180,300 → $320,500 (+77.8%)	$165,100 → $231,100 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $842 (+18.9%)	$718 → $1,082 (+50.7%)

Adel

Population

4,5886,259

Median household income

$65,000$96,905

Median home value

$180,300$320,500

Median gross rent

$708$842

Dallas Center

Population

1,5152,058

Median household income

$66,875$88,750

Median home value

$165,100$231,100

Median gross rent

$718$1,082

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adel	Dallas Center
Under 5	11.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	23.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	8.9%
35 to 44	23.5%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	9.0%	9.9%
65 to 74	6.8%	12.5%
75 and over	5.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adel	Dallas Center
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adel	Dallas Center
No high school diploma	6.8%	4.7%
High school graduate	21.9%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adel	Dallas Center
Drove alone	74.7%	79.9%
Carpooled	3.7%	3.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	4.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	13.7%
Other means	2.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adel	Dallas Center
1-unit, detached	74.0%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	4.2%
20 or more units	8.4%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Adel	Dallas Center
Poverty rate	9.1%	6.0%
Average household size	2.68	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1997	1970