Dawson vs Redfield

A side-by-side comparison of Dawson and Redfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Redfield has the higher population (782 vs 108 in Dawson). Redfield has the higher median household income ($81,328 vs $65,667 in Dawson). Redfield has the higher median home value ($130,100 vs $82,000 in Dawson).

Population, income & housing

	Dawson	Redfield
Population	108	782
Median age	44.5 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,667	$81,328
Median home value	$82,000	$130,100
Median gross rent	$642	$781
Housing units	71	331
Homeownership rate	81.5%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dawson	Redfield
Population	130 → 108 (-16.9%)	622 → 782 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$54,643 → $65,667 (+20.2%)	$53,750 → $81,328 (+51.3%)
Median home value	$74,500 → $82,000 (+10.1%)	$97,100 → $130,100 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $642 (+20.9%)	$875 → $781 (-10.7%)

Dawson

Population

130108

Median household income

$54,643$65,667

Median home value

$74,500$82,000

Median gross rent

$531$642

Redfield

Population

622782

Median household income

$53,750$81,328

Median home value

$97,100$130,100

Median gross rent

$875$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dawson	Redfield
Under 5	2.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	12.0%	23.1%
18 to 24	20.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	15.9%
35 to 44	5.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	23.1%	7.3%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.0%
65 to 74	13.9%	7.4%
75 and over	2.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dawson	Redfield
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dawson	Redfield
No high school diploma	12.9%	6.2%
High school graduate	31.4%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dawson	Redfield
Drove alone	85.9%	82.2%
Carpooled	4.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dawson	Redfield
1-unit, detached	94.4%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Dawson	Redfield
Poverty rate	3.7%	7.2%
Average household size	2.00	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1938	1944