Bouton vs Dexter

A side-by-side comparison of Bouton and Dexter: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dexter has the higher population (781 vs 173 in Bouton). Dexter has the higher median household income ($83,214 vs $72,500 in Bouton). Dexter has the higher median home value ($157,200 vs $83,800 in Bouton).

Population, income & housing

	Bouton	Dexter
Population	173	781
Median age	28.8 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$83,214
Median home value	$83,800	$157,200
Median gross rent	$1,089	$867
Housing units	63	316
Homeownership rate	64.8%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bouton	Dexter
Population	122 → 173 (+41.8%)	606 → 781 (+28.9%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $72,500 (+41.5%)	$55,455 → $83,214 (+50.1%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $83,800 (+25.3%)	$132,800 → $157,200 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,089 (+2.4%)	$596 → $867 (+45.5%)

Bouton

Population

122173

Median household income

$51,250$72,500

Median home value

$66,900$83,800

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,089

Dexter

Population

606781

Median household income

$55,455$83,214

Median home value

$132,800$157,200

Median gross rent

$596$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bouton	Dexter
Under 5	9.8%	8.6%
5 to 17	32.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	15.2%
35 to 44	16.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	3.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	8.7%
75 and over	0.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bouton	Dexter
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	93.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bouton	Dexter
No high school diploma	8.7%	1.3%
High school graduate	35.9%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bouton	Dexter
Drove alone	86.3%	74.5%
Carpooled	8.2%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bouton	Dexter
1-unit, detached	90.5%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Bouton	Dexter
Poverty rate	17.3%	2.8%
Average household size	3.20	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1944	1946