Dike vs Wellsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Dike and Wellsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dike has the higher population (1,258 vs 710 in Wellsburg). Dike has the higher median household income ($88,523 vs $63,125 in Wellsburg). Dike has the higher median home value ($235,900 vs $110,800 in Wellsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Dike	Wellsburg
Population	1,258	710
Median age	39.3 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,523	$63,125
Median home value	$235,900	$110,800
Median gross rent	$708	$625
Housing units	534	362
Homeownership rate	87.9%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dike	Wellsburg
Population	1,294 → 1,258 (-2.8%)	737 → 710 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$83,854 → $88,523 (+5.6%)	$54,091 → $63,125 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$202,500 → $235,900 (+16.5%)	$82,900 → $110,800 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $708 (+9.9%)	$513 → $625 (+21.8%)

Dike

Population

1,2941,258

Median household income

$83,854$88,523

Median home value

$202,500$235,900

Median gross rent

$644$708

Wellsburg

Population

737710

Median household income

$54,091$63,125

Median home value

$82,900$110,800

Median gross rent

$513$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dike	Wellsburg
Under 5	5.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	2.4%
25 to 34	11.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	7.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	16.6%
55 to 64	8.4%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	12.4%
75 and over	8.8%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dike	Wellsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dike	Wellsburg
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.5%
High school graduate	23.0%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dike	Wellsburg
Drove alone	83.3%	79.3%
Carpooled	2.1%	7.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	10.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dike	Wellsburg
1-unit, detached	76.8%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Dike	Wellsburg
Poverty rate	4.1%	7.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1975	1954