De Soto vs Van Meter

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

De Soto and Van Meter are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Van Meter has the higher population (1,469 vs 943 in De Soto). Van Meter has the higher median household income ($133,750 vs $92,500 in De Soto). Van Meter has the higher median home value ($250,300 vs $210,500 in De Soto).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Van Meter
Population	943	1,469
Median age	34.4 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,500	$133,750
Median home value	$210,500	$250,300
Median gross rent	$933	$947
Housing units	392	469
Homeownership rate	87.9%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Van Meter
Population	1,025 → 943 (-8.0%)	1,239 → 1,469 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$67,019 → $92,500 (+38.0%)	$94,375 → $133,750 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$143,000 → $210,500 (+47.2%)	$169,300 → $250,300 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $933 (+35.2%)	$778 → $947 (+21.7%)

De Soto

Population

1,025943

Median household income

$67,019$92,500

Median home value

$143,000$210,500

Median gross rent

$690$933

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)

	De Soto	Van Meter
Under 5	7.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	21.0%	26.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	17.6%	9.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	18.8%
45 to 54	6.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.9%
75 and over	7.1%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Van Meter
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Van Meter
No high school diploma	5.5%	1.3%
High school graduate	32.6%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Van Meter
Drove alone	74.0%	80.6%
Carpooled	10.1%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.1%	17.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Van Meter
1-unit, detached	81.6%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Van Meter
Poverty rate	6.7%	3.2%
Average household size	2.71	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1976	1978