Dixon vs McCausland

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

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

McCausland has the higher population (346 vs 190 in Dixon). Dixon has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $65,625 in McCausland). McCausland has the higher median home value ($167,300 vs $123,900 in Dixon).

Population, income & housing

	Dixon	McCausland
Population	190	346
Median age	33.5 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$65,625
Median home value	$123,900	$167,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,292
Housing units	86	164
Homeownership rate	81.0%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixon	McCausland
Population	182 → 190 (+4.4%)	403 → 346 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $70,000 (+16.7%)	$80,179 → $65,625 (-18.2%)
Median home value	$111,800 → $123,900 (+10.8%)	$136,800 → $167,300 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,188 (+42.6%)	$1,200 → $1,292 (+7.7%)

Dixon

Population

182190

Median household income

$60,000$70,000

Median home value

$111,800$123,900

Median gross rent

$833$1,188

McCausland

Population

403346

Median household income

$80,179$65,625

Median home value

$136,800$167,300

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,292

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixon	McCausland
Under 5	7.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	11.1%	19.9%
18 to 24	14.7%	7.2%
25 to 34	18.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.7%	7.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	5.3%	13.3%
75 and over	5.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixon	McCausland
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
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%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixon	McCausland
No high school diploma	3.2%	5.6%
High school graduate	50.8%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixon	McCausland
Drove alone	92.9%	86.4%
Carpooled	7.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixon	McCausland
1-unit, detached	87.2%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	6.1%
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

	Dixon	McCausland
Poverty rate	0.5%	14.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1955	1965