Dallas Center vs De Soto

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

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

Dallas Center has the higher population (2,058 vs 943 in De Soto). De Soto has the higher median household income ($92,500 vs $88,750 in Dallas Center). Dallas Center has the higher median home value ($231,100 vs $210,500 in De Soto).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas Center	De Soto
Population	2,058	943
Median age	38.4 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,750	$92,500
Median home value	$231,100	$210,500
Median gross rent	$1,082	$933
Housing units	902	392
Homeownership rate	80.5%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas Center	De Soto
Population	1,515 → 2,058 (+35.8%)	1,025 → 943 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$66,875 → $88,750 (+32.7%)	$67,019 → $92,500 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$165,100 → $231,100 (+40.0%)	$143,000 → $210,500 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $1,082 (+50.7%)	$690 → $933 (+35.2%)

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

De Soto

Population

1,025943

Median household income

$67,019$92,500

Median home value

$143,000$210,500

Median gross rent

$690$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallas Center	De Soto
Under 5	4.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	23.4%	21.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	8.9%	17.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	16.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	6.0%
55 to 64	9.9%	10.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.1%
75 and over	8.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas Center	De Soto
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas Center	De Soto
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	33.3%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas Center	De Soto
Drove alone	79.9%	74.0%
Carpooled	3.2%	10.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	15.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas Center	De Soto
1-unit, detached	80.6%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	1.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Dallas Center	De Soto
Poverty rate	6.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1970	1976