Dixon vs Donahue

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

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

Donahue has the higher population (382 vs 190 in Dixon). Donahue has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $70,000 in Dixon). Donahue has the higher median home value ($211,900 vs $123,900 in Dixon).

Population, income & housing

	Dixon	Donahue
Population	190	382
Median age	33.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$103,750
Median home value	$123,900	$211,900
Housing units	86	143
Homeownership rate	81.0%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixon	Donahue
Population	182 → 190 (+4.4%)	378 → 382 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $70,000 (+16.7%)	$78,750 → $103,750 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$111,800 → $123,900 (+10.8%)	$163,800 → $211,900 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,188 (+42.6%)	—

Dixon

Population

182190

Median household income

$60,000$70,000

Median home value

$111,800$123,900

Median gross rent

$833$1,188

Donahue

Population

378382

Median household income

$78,750$103,750

Median home value

$163,800$211,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixon	Donahue
Under 5	7.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	23.6%
18 to 24	14.7%	1.0%
25 to 34	18.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	8.4%	24.6%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	6.8%
65 to 74	5.3%	9.7%
75 and over	5.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixon	Donahue
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
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	1.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixon	Donahue
No high school diploma	3.2%	6.0%
High school graduate	50.8%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixon	Donahue
Drove alone	92.9%	84.9%
Carpooled	7.1%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	3.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixon	Donahue
1-unit, detached	87.2%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Dixon	Donahue
Poverty rate	0.5%	4.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1955	1971