Dallas Center vs Waukee

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

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

Waukee has the higher population (26,974 vs 2,058 in Dallas Center). Waukee has the higher median household income ($106,728 vs $88,750 in Dallas Center). Waukee has the higher median home value ($328,200 vs $231,100 in Dallas Center).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas Center	Waukee
Population	2,058	26,974
Median age	38.4 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,750	$106,728
Median home value	$231,100	$328,200
Median gross rent	$1,082	$1,290
Housing units	902	11,023
Homeownership rate	80.5%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas Center	Waukee
Population	1,515 → 2,058 (+35.8%)	20,785 → 26,974 (+29.8%)
Median household income	$66,875 → $88,750 (+32.7%)	$94,580 → $106,728 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$165,100 → $231,100 (+40.0%)	$238,900 → $328,200 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $1,082 (+50.7%)	$1,130 → $1,290 (+14.2%)

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

Waukee

Population

20,78526,974

Median household income

$94,580$106,728

Median home value

$238,900$328,200

Median gross rent

$1,130$1,290

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallas Center	Waukee
Under 5	4.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	23.4%	21.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	15.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	9.9%	8.9%
65 to 74	12.5%	5.8%
75 and over	8.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas Center	Waukee
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.0%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas Center	Waukee
No high school diploma	4.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	33.3%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas Center	Waukee
Drove alone	79.9%	71.9%
Carpooled	3.2%	5.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	21.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas Center	Waukee
1-unit, detached	80.6%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	5.9%
20 or more units	2.1%	16.2%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Dallas Center	Waukee
Poverty rate	6.0%	7.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1970	2009