Dakota City vs Thor

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

Dakota City and Thor 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 276 in Thor). Dakota City has the higher median household income ($66,111 vs $56,250 in Thor). Since 2019, Thor's population has grown faster (+32.7% vs +4.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Dakota City	Thor
Population	887	276
Median age	40.7 yrs	28.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,111	$56,250
Median home value	$119,300	—
Median gross rent	$935	$979
Housing units	417	147
Homeownership rate	77.1%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dakota City	Thor
Population	846 → 887 (+4.8%)	208 → 276 (+32.7%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $66,111 (+23.0%)	$55,577 → $56,250 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$83,400 → $119,300 (+43.0%)	$69,000 → $80,700 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $935 (+29.0%)	$489 → $979 (+100.2%)

Dakota City

Population

846887

Median household income

$53,750$66,111

Median home value

$83,400$119,300

Median gross rent

$725$935

Thor

Population

208276

Median household income

$55,577$56,250

Median home value

$69,000$80,700

Median gross rent

$489$979

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dakota City	Thor
Under 5	8.9%	11.6%
5 to 17	19.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	19.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	16.1%	9.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	5.8%
75 and over	4.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dakota City	Thor
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	77.2%
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%	0.4%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dakota City	Thor
No high school diploma	9.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	29.7%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	52.6%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dakota City	Thor
Drove alone	74.9%	81.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	4.9%
Walked	0.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dakota City	Thor
1-unit, detached	94.7%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Dakota City	Thor
Poverty rate	6.6%	44.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	16	30
Median year structure built	1969	1938