Dallas Center vs Granger

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

Dallas Center and Granger 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 1,919 in Granger). Granger has the higher median household income ($112,125 vs $88,750 in Dallas Center). Granger has the higher median home value ($290,100 vs $231,100 in Dallas Center).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas Center	Granger
Population	2,058	1,919
Median age	38.4 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,750	$112,125
Median home value	$231,100	$290,100
Median gross rent	$1,082	$923
Housing units	902	784
Homeownership rate	80.5%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas Center	Granger
Population	1,515 → 2,058 (+35.8%)	1,756 → 1,919 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$66,875 → $88,750 (+32.7%)	$95,590 → $112,125 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$165,100 → $231,100 (+40.0%)	$210,700 → $290,100 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $1,082 (+50.7%)	$886 → $923 (+4.2%)

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

Granger

Population

1,7561,919

Median household income

$95,590$112,125

Median home value

$210,700$290,100

Median gross rent

$886$923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallas Center	Granger
Under 5	4.4%	8.4%
5 to 17	23.4%	25.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	14.4%
35 to 44	14.7%	19.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	8.6%
55 to 64	9.9%	7.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	3.0%
75 and over	8.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas Center	Granger
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas Center	Granger
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.8%
High school graduate	33.3%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas Center	Granger
Drove alone	79.9%	77.8%
Carpooled	3.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	15.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas Center	Granger
1-unit, detached	80.6%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	5.9%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Dallas Center	Granger
Poverty rate	6.0%	4.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1970	2004