Dixon vs New Liberty

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

Dixon and New Liberty 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 154 in New Liberty). New Liberty has the higher median household income ($87,857 vs $70,000 in Dixon). New Liberty has the higher median home value ($129,500 vs $123,900 in Dixon).

Population, income & housing

	Dixon	New Liberty
Population	190	154
Median age	33.5 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$87,857
Median home value	$123,900	$129,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,375
Housing units	86	65
Homeownership rate	81.0%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixon	New Liberty
Population	182 → 190 (+4.4%)	108 → 154 (+42.6%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $70,000 (+16.7%)	$51,750 → $87,857 (+69.8%)
Median home value	$111,800 → $123,900 (+10.8%)	$88,600 → $129,500 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,188 (+42.6%)	$525 → $1,375 (+161.9%)

Dixon

Population

182190

Median household income

$60,000$70,000

Median home value

$111,800$123,900

Median gross rent

$833$1,188

New Liberty

Population

108154

Median household income

$51,750$87,857

Median home value

$88,600$129,500

Median gross rent

$525$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixon	New Liberty
Under 5	7.9%	11.7%
5 to 17	11.1%	24.0%
18 to 24	14.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	18.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.4%	22.1%
45 to 54	14.7%	7.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	5.3%	3.9%
75 and over	5.8%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixon	New Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	96.8%
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	1.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixon	New Liberty
No high school diploma	3.2%	5.6%
High school graduate	50.8%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixon	New Liberty
Drove alone	92.9%	67.9%
Carpooled	7.1%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixon	New Liberty
1-unit, detached	87.2%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Dixon	New Liberty
Poverty rate	0.5%	15.3%
Average household size	2.26	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	1955	1944