Dunlap vs Persia

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

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

Dunlap has the higher population (1,318 vs 327 in Persia). Persia has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $54,609 in Dunlap). Dunlap has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $111,300 in Persia).

Population, income & housing

	Dunlap	Persia
Population	1,318	327
Median age	49.3 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,609	$75,000
Median home value	$115,600	$111,300
Median gross rent	$934	$925
Housing units	638	128
Homeownership rate	69.4%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunlap	Persia
Population	1,059 → 1,318 (+24.5%)	313 → 327 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$54,208 → $54,609 (+0.7%)	$59,375 → $75,000 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $115,600 (+48.0%)	$77,500 → $111,300 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$447 → $934 (+108.9%)	$836 → $925 (+10.6%)

Dunlap

Population

1,0591,318

Median household income

$54,208$54,609

Median home value

$78,100$115,600

Median gross rent

$447$934

Persia

Population

313327

Median household income

$59,375$75,000

Median home value

$77,500$111,300

Median gross rent

$836$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunlap	Persia
Under 5	8.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	8.6%	25.4%
18 to 24	10.5%	10.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	6.7%
35 to 44	6.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	15.9%
55 to 64	16.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.1%
75 and over	18.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunlap	Persia
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunlap	Persia
No high school diploma	8.9%	6.0%
High school graduate	44.3%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunlap	Persia
Drove alone	86.5%	87.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	2.6%
Public transit	0.6%	1.9%
Walked	1.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	7.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunlap	Persia
1-unit, detached	82.8%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dunlap	Persia
Poverty rate	5.2%	17.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1943	1938