Dakota City vs Livermore

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

Dakota City and Livermore 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 478 in Livermore). Dakota City has the higher median household income ($66,111 vs $62,273 in Livermore). Dakota City has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $67,700 in Livermore).

Population, income & housing

	Dakota City	Livermore
Population	887	478
Median age	40.7 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,111	$62,273
Median home value	$119,300	$67,700
Median gross rent	$935	$1,066
Housing units	417	189
Homeownership rate	77.1%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dakota City	Livermore
Population	846 → 887 (+4.8%)	381 → 478 (+25.5%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $66,111 (+23.0%)	$47,500 → $62,273 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$83,400 → $119,300 (+43.0%)	$55,000 → $67,700 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $935 (+29.0%)	$692 → $1,066 (+54.0%)

Dakota City

Population

846887

Median household income

$53,750$66,111

Median home value

$83,400$119,300

Median gross rent

$725$935

Livermore

Population

381478

Median household income

$47,500$62,273

Median home value

$55,000$67,700

Median gross rent

$692$1,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dakota City	Livermore
Under 5	8.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	19.9%
18 to 24	5.4%	16.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	17.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	8.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	16.1%	7.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.4%
75 and over	4.8%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dakota City	Livermore
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dakota City	Livermore
No high school diploma	9.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	29.7%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	52.6%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dakota City	Livermore
Drove alone	74.9%	84.3%
Carpooled	9.3%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dakota City	Livermore
1-unit, detached	94.7%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dakota City	Livermore
Poverty rate	6.6%	21.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1969	1944