Dows vs Woolstock

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

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

Dows has the higher population (544 vs 183 in Woolstock). Woolstock has the higher median household income ($87,857 vs $58,750 in Dows). Woolstock has the higher median home value ($84,500 vs $56,200 in Dows).

Population, income & housing

	Dows	Woolstock
Population	544	183
Median age	37.0 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$87,857
Median home value	$56,200	$84,500
Median gross rent	$658	$813
Housing units	235	92
Homeownership rate	73.3%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	13.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dows	Woolstock
Population	580 → 544 (-6.2%)	232 → 183 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$41,484 → $58,750 (+41.6%)	$68,750 → $87,857 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$47,600 → $56,200 (+18.1%)	$73,300 → $84,500 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$548 → $658 (+20.1%)	$622 → $813 (+30.7%)

Dows

Population

580544

Median household income

$41,484$58,750

Median home value

$47,600$56,200

Median gross rent

$548$658

Woolstock

Population

232183

Median household income

$68,750$87,857

Median home value

$73,300$84,500

Median gross rent

$622$813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dows	Woolstock
Under 5	2.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	25.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	14.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	7.0%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	5.9%	10.4%
55 to 64	17.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	6.3%	11.5%
75 and over	8.8%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dows	Woolstock
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dows	Woolstock
No high school diploma	6.4%	9.2%
High school graduate	29.7%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dows	Woolstock
Drove alone	87.6%	75.0%
Carpooled	2.6%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	2.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dows	Woolstock
1-unit, detached	90.2%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Dows	Woolstock
Poverty rate	7.2%	5.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1938	1946