Davis City vs Van Wert

A side-by-side comparison of Davis City and Van Wert: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Davis City has the higher population (170 vs 131 in Van Wert). Van Wert has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $37,417 in Davis City). Van Wert has the higher median home value ($62,300 vs $45,500 in Davis City).

Population, income & housing

	Davis City	Van Wert
Population	170	131
Median age	37.5 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$37,417	$58,750
Median home value	$45,500	$62,300
Median gross rent	$725	$688
Housing units	94	86
Homeownership rate	66.7%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Davis City	Van Wert
Population	235 → 170 (-27.7%)	142 → 131 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$36,042 → $37,417 (+3.8%)	$40,313 → $58,750 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$36,100 → $45,500 (+26.0%)	$58,600 → $62,300 (+6.3%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $725 (+19.2%)	$1,097 → $688 (-37.3%)

Davis City

Population

235170

Median household income

$36,042$37,417

Median home value

$36,100$45,500

Median gross rent

$608$725

Van Wert

Population

142131

Median household income

$40,313$58,750

Median home value

$58,600$62,300

Median gross rent

$1,097$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Davis City	Van Wert
Under 5	0.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	21.2%	8.4%
18 to 24	9.4%	13.7%
25 to 34	18.8%	1.5%
35 to 44	5.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	7.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	21.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	18.3%
75 and over	8.2%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Davis City	Van Wert
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	98.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Davis City	Van Wert
No high school diploma	14.5%	10.2%
High school graduate	42.7%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Davis City	Van Wert
Drove alone	78.5%	90.3%
Carpooled	16.5%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Davis City	Van Wert
1-unit, detached	84.0%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Davis City	Van Wert
Poverty rate	18.8%	6.9%
Average household size	2.20	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1938	1956