Dakota City vs Humboldt

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

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

Humboldt has the higher population (4,761 vs 887 in Dakota City). Humboldt has the higher median household income ($70,661 vs $66,111 in Dakota City). Humboldt has the higher median home value ($162,600 vs $119,300 in Dakota City).

Population, income & housing

	Dakota City	Humboldt
Population	887	4,761
Median age	40.7 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,111	$70,661
Median home value	$119,300	$162,600
Median gross rent	$935	$731
Housing units	417	2,214
Homeownership rate	77.1%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dakota City	Humboldt
Population	846 → 887 (+4.8%)	4,583 → 4,761 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $66,111 (+23.0%)	$54,801 → $70,661 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$83,400 → $119,300 (+43.0%)	$117,300 → $162,600 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $935 (+29.0%)	$562 → $731 (+30.1%)

Dakota City

Population

846887

Median household income

$53,750$66,111

Median home value

$83,400$119,300

Median gross rent

$725$935

Humboldt

Population

4,5834,761

Median household income

$54,801$70,661

Median home value

$117,300$162,600

Median gross rent

$562$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dakota City	Humboldt
Under 5	8.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	7.4%
55 to 64	16.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.9%
75 and over	4.8%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dakota City	Humboldt
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dakota City	Humboldt
No high school diploma	9.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	29.7%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	52.6%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dakota City	Humboldt
Drove alone	74.9%	76.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dakota City	Humboldt
1-unit, detached	94.7%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	16.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Dakota City	Humboldt
Poverty rate	6.6%	14.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1969	1964