Dallas Center vs Woodward

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

Dallas Center and Woodward 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 1,002 in Woodward). Dallas Center has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $68,571 in Woodward). Dallas Center has the higher median home value ($231,100 vs $179,500 in Woodward).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas Center	Woodward
Population	2,058	1,002
Median age	38.4 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,750	$68,571
Median home value	$231,100	$179,500
Median gross rent	$1,082	$484
Housing units	902	377
Homeownership rate	80.5%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas Center	Woodward
Population	1,515 → 2,058 (+35.8%)	1,243 → 1,002 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$66,875 → $88,750 (+32.7%)	$64,118 → $68,571 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$165,100 → $231,100 (+40.0%)	$137,500 → $179,500 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $1,082 (+50.7%)	$763 → $484 (-36.6%)

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

Woodward

Population

1,2431,002

Median household income

$64,118$68,571

Median home value

$137,500$179,500

Median gross rent

$763$484

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallas Center	Woodward
Under 5	4.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	23.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	9.4%
35 to 44	14.7%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	9.9%	15.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.6%
75 and over	8.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas Center	Woodward
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
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%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas Center	Woodward
No high school diploma	4.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	33.3%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas Center	Woodward
Drove alone	79.9%	77.8%
Carpooled	3.2%	1.4%
Public transit	0.7%	9.0%
Walked	2.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	4.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas Center	Woodward
1-unit, detached	80.6%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	9.8%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Dallas Center	Woodward
Poverty rate	6.0%	10.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1970	1958