Dakota City vs Renwick

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

Dakota City and Renwick 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 253 in Renwick). Dakota City has the higher median household income ($66,111 vs $54,375 in Renwick). Dakota City has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $80,800 in Renwick).

Population, income & housing

	Dakota City	Renwick
Population	887	253
Median age	40.7 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,111	$54,375
Median home value	$119,300	$80,800
Median gross rent	$935	$696
Housing units	417	178
Homeownership rate	77.1%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dakota City	Renwick
Population	846 → 887 (+4.8%)	274 → 253 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $66,111 (+23.0%)	$44,688 → $54,375 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$83,400 → $119,300 (+43.0%)	$48,500 → $80,800 (+66.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $935 (+29.0%)	$575 → $696 (+21.0%)

Dakota City

Population

846887

Median household income

$53,750$66,111

Median home value

$83,400$119,300

Median gross rent

$725$935

Renwick

Population

274253

Median household income

$44,688$54,375

Median home value

$48,500$80,800

Median gross rent

$575$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dakota City	Renwick
Under 5	8.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	8.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	13.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	12.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	5.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	24.5%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	5.9%
75 and over	4.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dakota City	Renwick
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	75.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
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%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dakota City	Renwick
No high school diploma	9.9%	8.8%
High school graduate	29.7%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	52.6%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dakota City	Renwick
Drove alone	74.9%	82.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dakota City	Renwick
1-unit, detached	94.7%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Dakota City	Renwick
Poverty rate	6.6%	13.4%
Average household size	2.33	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	1969	1950