Dolliver vs Estherville

A side-by-side comparison of Dolliver and Estherville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Estherville has the higher population (5,865 vs 100 in Dolliver). Dolliver has the higher median household income ($85,625 vs $54,624 in Estherville). Estherville has the higher median home value ($96,300 vs $52,500 in Dolliver).

Population, income & housing

	Dolliver	Estherville
Population	100	5,865
Median age	47.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$85,625	$54,624
Median home value	$52,500	$96,300
Median gross rent	—	$739
Housing units	49	2,797
Homeownership rate	97.4%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dolliver	Estherville
Population	60 → 100 (+66.7%)	5,796 → 5,865 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$36,875 → $85,625 (+132.2%)	$46,493 → $54,624 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$47,500 → $52,500 (+10.5%)	$84,600 → $96,300 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$729 → $739 (+1.4%)

Dolliver

Population

60100

Median household income

$36,875$85,625

Median home value

$47,500$52,500

Estherville

Population

5,7965,865

Median household income

$46,493$54,624

Median home value

$84,600$96,300

Median gross rent

$729$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dolliver	Estherville
Under 5	7.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	14.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	23.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	14.6%
65 to 74	15.0%	12.5%
75 and over	6.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dolliver	Estherville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dolliver	Estherville
No high school diploma	5.3%	16.9%
High school graduate	38.7%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	48.0%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dolliver	Estherville
Drove alone	74.5%	74.8%
Carpooled	21.3%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	4.3%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dolliver	Estherville
1-unit, detached	98.0%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Dolliver	Estherville
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1938	1956