Dyersville vs Peosta

A side-by-side comparison of Dyersville and Peosta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dyersville has the higher population (4,357 vs 1,922 in Peosta). Peosta has the higher median household income ($120,375 vs $72,768 in Dyersville). Peosta has the higher median home value ($304,600 vs $219,800 in Dyersville).

Population, income & housing

	Dyersville	Peosta
Population	4,357	1,922
Median age	44.3 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,768	$120,375
Median home value	$219,800	$304,600
Median gross rent	$1,036	$1,031
Housing units	1,872	717
Homeownership rate	82.1%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dyersville	Peosta
Population	4,130 → 4,357 (+5.5%)	1,910 → 1,922 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$61,400 → $72,768 (+18.5%)	$91,563 → $120,375 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$159,200 → $219,800 (+38.1%)	$231,600 → $304,600 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $1,036 (+41.3%)	$560 → $1,031 (+84.1%)

Dyersville

Population

4,1304,357

Median household income

$61,400$72,768

Median home value

$159,200$219,800

Median gross rent

$733$1,036

Peosta

Population

1,9101,922

Median household income

$91,563$120,375

Median home value

$231,600$304,600

Median gross rent

$560$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dyersville	Peosta
Under 5	6.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	29.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	7.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	18.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.8%	8.0%
65 to 74	7.4%	5.6%
75 and over	10.7%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dyersville	Peosta
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dyersville	Peosta
No high school diploma	5.7%	3.9%
High school graduate	44.2%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dyersville	Peosta
Drove alone	84.7%	77.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.3%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dyersville	Peosta
1-unit, detached	86.2%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	3.2%
20 or more units	3.7%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Dyersville	Peosta
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.6%
Average household size	2.37	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1969	2006