Dunlap vs Missouri Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Dunlap and Missouri Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Missouri Valley has the higher population (2,685 vs 1,318 in Dunlap). Missouri Valley has the higher median household income ($64,844 vs $54,609 in Dunlap). Missouri Valley has the higher median home value ($126,500 vs $115,600 in Dunlap).

Population, income & housing

	Dunlap	Missouri Valley
Population	1,318	2,685
Median age	49.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,609	$64,844
Median home value	$115,600	$126,500
Median gross rent	$934	$812
Housing units	638	1,366
Homeownership rate	69.4%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunlap	Missouri Valley
Population	1,059 → 1,318 (+24.5%)	2,640 → 2,685 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$54,208 → $54,609 (+0.7%)	$46,250 → $64,844 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $115,600 (+48.0%)	$92,000 → $126,500 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$447 → $934 (+108.9%)	$783 → $812 (+3.7%)

Dunlap

Population

1,0591,318

Median household income

$54,208$54,609

Median home value

$78,100$115,600

Median gross rent

$447$934

Missouri Valley

Population

2,6402,685

Median household income

$46,250$64,844

Median home value

$92,000$126,500

Median gross rent

$783$812

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunlap	Missouri Valley
Under 5	8.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	8.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	10.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	6.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.6%	8.8%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.4%
75 and over	18.4%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunlap	Missouri Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunlap	Missouri Valley
No high school diploma	8.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	44.3%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunlap	Missouri Valley
Drove alone	86.5%	75.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	8.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.3%
Walked	1.9%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	8.2%
Other means	0.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunlap	Missouri Valley
1-unit, detached	82.8%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Dunlap	Missouri Valley
Poverty rate	5.2%	10.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1943	1938