Dysart vs Traer

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

Dysart and Traer 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 1,464 in Traer). Traer has the higher median household income ($79,653 vs $62,308 in Dysart). Dysart has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $131,900 in Traer).

Population, income & housing

	Dysart	Traer
Population	1,575	1,464
Median age	39.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,308	$79,653
Median home value	$156,500	$131,900
Median gross rent	$739	$1,016
Housing units	686	699
Homeownership rate	81.6%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dysart	Traer
Population	1,391 → 1,575 (+13.2%)	1,547 → 1,464 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$68,500 → $62,308 (-9.0%)	$60,673 → $79,653 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$124,900 → $156,500 (+25.3%)	$118,400 → $131,900 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $739 (-3.9%)	$719 → $1,016 (+41.3%)

Dysart

Population

1,3911,575

Median household income

$68,500$62,308

Median home value

$124,900$156,500

Median gross rent

$769$739

Traer

Population

1,5471,464

Median household income

$60,673$79,653

Median home value

$118,400$131,900

Median gross rent

$719$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dysart	Traer
Under 5	6.5%	1.2%
5 to 17	20.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	9.8%	7.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	15.5%
45 to 54	9.2%	16.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.7%
75 and over	6.9%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dysart	Traer
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	97.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dysart	Traer
No high school diploma	3.2%	5.5%
High school graduate	35.9%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dysart	Traer
Drove alone	81.9%	83.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.0%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dysart	Traer
1-unit, detached	90.5%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Dysart	Traer
Poverty rate	11.1%	10.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1942	1955