Belmond vs Dows

A side-by-side comparison of Belmond and Dows: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belmond has the higher population (2,678 vs 544 in Dows). Both have a median household income of $58,750. Belmond has the higher median home value ($110,800 vs $56,200 in Dows).

Population, income & housing

	Belmond	Dows
Population	2,678	544
Median age	38.7 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$58,750
Median home value	$110,800	$56,200
Median gross rent	$820	$658
Housing units	1,170	235
Homeownership rate	78.8%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmond	Dows
Population	2,466 → 2,678 (+8.6%)	580 → 544 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $58,750 (+6.8%)	$41,484 → $58,750 (+41.6%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $110,800 (+30.4%)	$47,600 → $56,200 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $820 (+37.8%)	$548 → $658 (+20.1%)

Belmond

Population

2,4662,678

Median household income

$55,000$58,750

Median home value

$85,000$110,800

Median gross rent

$595$820

Dows

Population

580544

Median household income

$41,484$58,750

Median home value

$47,600$56,200

Median gross rent

$548$658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmond	Dows
Under 5	6.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	25.1%	25.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	14.9%
25 to 34	9.2%	7.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	6.3%	5.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	17.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	6.3%
75 and over	14.6%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmond	Dows
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	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%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmond	Dows
No high school diploma	3.7%	6.4%
High school graduate	32.1%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmond	Dows
Drove alone	84.2%	87.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.7%	6.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmond	Dows
1-unit, detached	84.8%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmond	Dows
Poverty rate	17.6%	7.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1965	1938