Big Rock vs Dixon

A side-by-side comparison of Big Rock and Dixon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dixon has the higher population (190 vs 12 in Big Rock). Since 2019, Dixon's population has grown faster (+4.4% vs -64.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Rock	Dixon
Population	12	190
Median age	62.1 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$70,000
Median home value	—	$123,900
Housing units	10	86
Homeownership rate	30.0%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Rock	Dixon
Population	34 → 12 (-64.7%)	182 → 190 (+4.4%)
Median household income	—	$60,000 → $70,000 (+16.7%)
Median home value	—	$111,800 → $123,900 (+10.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$833 → $1,188 (+42.6%)

Big Rock

Population

3412

Dixon

Population

182190

Median household income

$60,000$70,000

Median home value

$111,800$123,900

Median gross rent

$833$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Rock	Dixon
Under 5	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	18.9%
35 to 44	41.7%	8.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.7%
55 to 64	58.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	5.3%
75 and over	0.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Rock	Dixon
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Rock	Dixon
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	83.3%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Rock	Dixon
Drove alone	100.0%	92.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Rock	Dixon
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Rock	Dixon
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.5%
Average household size	1.20	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	—	1955