Dallas Center vs Van Meter

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

Dallas Center and Van Meter 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 1,469 in Van Meter). Van Meter has the higher median household income ($133,750 vs $88,750 in Dallas Center). Van Meter has the higher median home value ($250,300 vs $231,100 in Dallas Center).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas Center	Van Meter
Population	2,058	1,469
Median age	38.4 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,750	$133,750
Median home value	$231,100	$250,300
Median gross rent	$1,082	$947
Housing units	902	469
Homeownership rate	80.5%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas Center	Van Meter
Population	1,515 → 2,058 (+35.8%)	1,239 → 1,469 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$66,875 → $88,750 (+32.7%)	$94,375 → $133,750 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$165,100 → $231,100 (+40.0%)	$169,300 → $250,300 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $1,082 (+50.7%)	$778 → $947 (+21.7%)

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

Van Meter

Population

1,2391,469

Median household income

$94,375$133,750

Median home value

$169,300$250,300

Median gross rent

$778$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallas Center	Van Meter
Under 5	4.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	23.4%	26.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	9.4%
35 to 44	14.7%	18.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	9.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	7.9%
75 and over	8.7%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas Center	Van Meter
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas Center	Van Meter
No high school diploma	4.7%	1.3%
High school graduate	33.3%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas Center	Van Meter
Drove alone	79.9%	80.6%
Carpooled	3.2%	1.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.7%	17.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas Center	Van Meter
1-unit, detached	80.6%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	1.5%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Dallas Center	Van Meter
Poverty rate	6.0%	3.2%
Average household size	2.54	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1970	1978