Dixon vs Riverdale

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

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

Riverdale has the higher population (408 vs 190 in Dixon). Riverdale has the higher median household income ($88,500 vs $70,000 in Dixon). Riverdale has the higher median home value ($270,000 vs $123,900 in Dixon).

Population, income & housing

	Dixon	Riverdale
Population	190	408
Median age	33.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$88,500
Median home value	$123,900	$270,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,705
Housing units	86	190
Homeownership rate	81.0%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixon	Riverdale
Population	182 → 190 (+4.4%)	477 → 408 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $70,000 (+16.7%)	$73,750 → $88,500 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$111,800 → $123,900 (+10.8%)	$215,300 → $270,000 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,188 (+42.6%)	$1,063 → $1,705 (+60.4%)

Dixon

Population

182190

Median household income

$60,000$70,000

Median home value

$111,800$123,900

Median gross rent

$833$1,188

Riverdale

Population

477408

Median household income

$73,750$88,500

Median home value

$215,300$270,000

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixon	Riverdale
Under 5	7.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.1%	12.0%
18 to 24	14.7%	11.5%
25 to 34	18.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	8.4%	17.6%
45 to 54	14.7%	16.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	5.3%	8.6%
75 and over	5.8%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixon	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.1%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixon	Riverdale
No high school diploma	3.2%	2.7%
High school graduate	50.8%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixon	Riverdale
Drove alone	92.9%	90.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixon	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	87.2%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dixon	Riverdale
Poverty rate	0.5%	3.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	1955	1957