Dolliver vs Ringsted

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

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

Ringsted has the higher population (361 vs 100 in Dolliver). Dolliver has the higher median household income ($85,625 vs $63,250 in Ringsted). Dolliver has the higher median home value ($52,500 vs $43,900 in Ringsted).

Population, income & housing

	Dolliver	Ringsted
Population	100	361
Median age	47.0 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$85,625	$63,250
Median home value	$52,500	$43,900
Median gross rent	—	$675
Housing units	49	209
Homeownership rate	97.4%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dolliver	Ringsted
Population	60 → 100 (+66.7%)	499 → 361 (-27.7%)
Median household income	$36,875 → $85,625 (+132.2%)	$45,000 → $63,250 (+40.6%)
Median home value	$47,500 → $52,500 (+10.5%)	$33,900 → $43,900 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$525 → $675 (+28.6%)

Dolliver

Population

60100

Median household income

$36,875$85,625

Median home value

$47,500$52,500

Ringsted

Population

499361

Median household income

$45,000$63,250

Median home value

$33,900$43,900

Median gross rent

$525$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dolliver	Ringsted
Under 5	7.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.6%
18 to 24	3.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	18.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	23.0%	9.7%
55 to 64	9.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	15.0%	13.0%
75 and over	6.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dolliver	Ringsted
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dolliver	Ringsted
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	38.7%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	48.0%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dolliver	Ringsted
Drove alone	74.5%	89.2%
Carpooled	21.3%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dolliver	Ringsted
1-unit, detached	98.0%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Dolliver	Ringsted
Poverty rate	0.0%	17.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1938	1943