Chelsea vs Dysart

A side-by-side comparison of Chelsea and Dysart: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dysart has the higher population (1,575 vs 342 in Chelsea). Dysart has the higher median household income ($62,308 vs $32,188 in Chelsea). Dysart has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $43,100 in Chelsea).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea	Dysart
Population	342	1,575
Median age	35.5 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,188	$62,308
Median home value	$43,100	$156,500
Median gross rent	$681	$739
Housing units	155	686
Homeownership rate	94.5%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea	Dysart
Population	272 → 342 (+25.7%)	1,391 → 1,575 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $32,188 (-34.0%)	$68,500 → $62,308 (-9.0%)
Median home value	$38,000 → $43,100 (+13.4%)	$124,900 → $156,500 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $681 (+1.9%)	$769 → $739 (-3.9%)

Chelsea

Population

272342

Median household income

$48,750$32,188

Median home value

$38,000$43,100

Median gross rent

$668$681

Dysart

Population

1,3911,575

Median household income

$68,500$62,308

Median home value

$124,900$156,500

Median gross rent

$769$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelsea	Dysart
Under 5	3.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	28.9%	20.6%
18 to 24	2.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	33.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	3.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	8.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	4.1%	12.3%
75 and over	3.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea	Dysart
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	29.8%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea	Dysart
No high school diploma	30.9%	3.2%
High school graduate	44.4%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea	Dysart
Drove alone	70.2%	81.9%
Carpooled	20.7%	3.6%
Public transit	4.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	4.1%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea	Dysart
1-unit, detached	96.8%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea	Dysart
Poverty rate	35.7%	11.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	42	22
Median year structure built	1938	1942