Dexter vs Redfield

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

Dexter 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 781 in Dexter). Dexter has the higher median household income ($83,214 vs $81,328 in Redfield). Dexter has the higher median home value ($157,200 vs $130,100 in Redfield).

Population, income & housing

	Dexter	Redfield
Population	781	782
Median age	37.9 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$83,214	$81,328
Median home value	$157,200	$130,100
Median gross rent	$867	$781
Housing units	316	331
Homeownership rate	83.6%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dexter	Redfield
Population	606 → 781 (+28.9%)	622 → 782 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$55,455 → $83,214 (+50.1%)	$53,750 → $81,328 (+51.3%)
Median home value	$132,800 → $157,200 (+18.4%)	$97,100 → $130,100 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $867 (+45.5%)	$875 → $781 (-10.7%)

Dexter

Population

606781

Median household income

$55,455$83,214

Median home value

$132,800$157,200

Median gross rent

$596$867

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)

	Dexter	Redfield
Under 5	8.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	23.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.4%
75 and over	5.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dexter	Redfield
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.1%
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%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dexter	Redfield
No high school diploma	1.3%	6.2%
High school graduate	38.7%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dexter	Redfield
Drove alone	74.5%	82.2%
Carpooled	13.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	8.3%
Other means	3.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dexter	Redfield
1-unit, detached	88.9%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Dexter	Redfield
Poverty rate	2.8%	7.2%
Average household size	2.67	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1946	1944