Doon vs Rock Rapids

A side-by-side comparison of Doon and Rock Rapids: population, income, housing, and more.

Doon and Rock Rapids are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rock Rapids has the higher population (2,653 vs 477 in Doon). Rock Rapids has the higher median household income ($61,679 vs $59,688 in Doon). Rock Rapids has the higher median home value ($207,700 vs $156,900 in Doon).

Population, income & housing

	Doon	Rock Rapids
Population	477	2,653
Median age	38.4 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,688	$61,679
Median home value	$156,900	$207,700
Median gross rent	$481	$763
Housing units	203	1,160
Homeownership rate	91.6%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Doon	Rock Rapids
Population	704 → 477 (-32.2%)	2,545 → 2,653 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$53,500 → $59,688 (+11.6%)	$58,387 → $61,679 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$122,200 → $156,900 (+28.4%)	$140,900 → $207,700 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $481 (-26.3%)	$561 → $763 (+36.0%)

Doon

Population

704477

Median household income

$53,500$59,688

Median home value

$122,200$156,900

Median gross rent

$653$481

Rock Rapids

Population

2,5452,653

Median household income

$58,387$61,679

Median home value

$140,900$207,700

Median gross rent

$561$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Doon	Rock Rapids
Under 5	6.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	20.5%	24.3%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	16.6%	6.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	16.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.4%
55 to 64	5.5%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.3%
75 and over	13.6%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Doon	Rock Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Doon	Rock Rapids
No high school diploma	7.3%	5.7%
High school graduate	53.7%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Doon	Rock Rapids
Drove alone	86.7%	77.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	0.5%	10.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Doon	Rock Rapids
1-unit, detached	92.6%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Doon	Rock Rapids
Poverty rate	9.2%	5.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	16	12
Median year structure built	1961	1970