Dexter vs Minburn

A side-by-side comparison of Dexter and Minburn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dexter has the higher population (781 vs 319 in Minburn). Dexter has the higher median household income ($83,214 vs $74,063 in Minburn). Dexter has the higher median home value ($157,200 vs $132,600 in Minburn).

Population, income & housing

	Dexter	Minburn
Population	781	319
Median age	37.9 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,214	$74,063
Median home value	$157,200	$132,600
Median gross rent	$867	$921
Housing units	316	178
Homeownership rate	83.6%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dexter	Minburn
Population	606 → 781 (+28.9%)	344 → 319 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$55,455 → $83,214 (+50.1%)	$65,000 → $74,063 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$132,800 → $157,200 (+18.4%)	$106,300 → $132,600 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $867 (+45.5%)	$668 → $921 (+37.9%)

Dexter

Population

606781

Median household income

$55,455$83,214

Median home value

$132,800$157,200

Median gross rent

$596$867

Minburn

Population

344319

Median household income

$65,000$74,063

Median home value

$106,300$132,600

Median gross rent

$668$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dexter	Minburn
Under 5	8.6%	9.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.2%	9.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	16.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.1%
75 and over	5.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dexter	Minburn
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	2.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dexter	Minburn
No high school diploma	1.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	38.7%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dexter	Minburn
Drove alone	74.5%	82.9%
Carpooled	13.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	11.2%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dexter	Minburn
1-unit, detached	88.9%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Dexter	Minburn
Poverty rate	2.8%	4.1%
Average household size	2.67	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1946	1938