Bode vs Dakota City

A side-by-side comparison of Bode and Dakota City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dakota City has the higher population (887 vs 388 in Bode). Dakota City has the higher median household income ($66,111 vs $63,750 in Bode). Dakota City has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $69,300 in Bode).

Population, income & housing

	Bode	Dakota City
Population	388	887
Median age	35.9 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$66,111
Median home value	$69,300	$119,300
Median gross rent	$542	$935
Housing units	160	417
Homeownership rate	72.1%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bode	Dakota City
Population	289 → 388 (+34.3%)	846 → 887 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$45,577 → $63,750 (+39.9%)	$53,750 → $66,111 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$61,900 → $69,300 (+12.0%)	$83,400 → $119,300 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $542 (+9.7%)	$725 → $935 (+29.0%)

Bode

Population

289388

Median household income

$45,577$63,750

Median home value

$61,900$69,300

Median gross rent

$494$542

Dakota City

Population

846887

Median household income

$53,750$66,111

Median home value

$83,400$119,300

Median gross rent

$725$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bode	Dakota City
Under 5	9.8%	8.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	17.8%	15.6%
45 to 54	18.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	6.4%	16.1%
65 to 74	4.9%	9.9%
75 and over	4.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bode	Dakota City
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	8.3%
Some other race	2.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.9%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bode	Dakota City
No high school diploma	24.6%	9.9%
High school graduate	30.5%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bode	Dakota City
Drove alone	80.1%	74.9%
Carpooled	10.9%	9.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	14.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bode	Dakota City
1-unit, detached	88.8%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bode	Dakota City
Poverty rate	18.8%	6.6%
Average household size	2.77	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1938	1969