Dows vs Eagle Grove

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

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

Eagle Grove has the higher population (3,588 vs 544 in Dows). Dows has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $58,458 in Eagle Grove). Eagle Grove has the higher median home value ($95,100 vs $56,200 in Dows).

Population, income & housing

	Dows	Eagle Grove
Population	544	3,588
Median age	37.0 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$58,458
Median home value	$56,200	$95,100
Median gross rent	$658	$991
Housing units	235	1,488
Homeownership rate	73.3%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dows	Eagle Grove
Population	580 → 544 (-6.2%)	3,429 → 3,588 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$41,484 → $58,750 (+41.6%)	$50,694 → $58,458 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$47,600 → $56,200 (+18.1%)	$82,900 → $95,100 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$548 → $658 (+20.1%)	$606 → $991 (+63.5%)

Dows

Population

580544

Median household income

$41,484$58,750

Median home value

$47,600$56,200

Median gross rent

$548$658

Eagle Grove

Population

3,4293,588

Median household income

$50,694$58,458

Median home value

$82,900$95,100

Median gross rent

$606$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dows	Eagle Grove
Under 5	2.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	25.4%	24.8%
18 to 24	14.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	7.0%	14.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	5.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	17.3%	10.1%
65 to 74	6.3%	10.4%
75 and over	8.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dows	Eagle Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	57.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	35.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dows	Eagle Grove
No high school diploma	6.4%	11.1%
High school graduate	29.7%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dows	Eagle Grove
Drove alone	87.6%	68.5%
Carpooled	2.6%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.6%	12.9%
Other means	1.8%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dows	Eagle Grove
1-unit, detached	90.2%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dows	Eagle Grove
Poverty rate	7.2%	22.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1938	1951