Dakota vs Utica

A side-by-side comparison of Dakota and Utica: population, income, housing, and more.

Dakota and Utica are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dakota has the higher population (276 vs 218 in Utica). Dakota has the higher median household income ($92,969 vs $86,250 in Utica). Dakota has the higher median home value ($223,900 vs $184,200 in Utica).

Population, income & housing

	Dakota	Utica
Population	276	218
Median age	45.2 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$92,969	$86,250
Median home value	$223,900	$184,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,075
Housing units	151	101
Homeownership rate	94.9%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dakota	Utica
Population	287 → 276 (-3.8%)	276 → 218 (-21.0%)
Median household income	$61,786 → $92,969 (+50.5%)	$71,250 → $86,250 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$162,900 → $223,900 (+37.4%)	$136,600 → $184,200 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$632 → $1,075 (+70.1%)

Dakota

Population

287276

Median household income

$61,786$92,969

Median home value

$162,900$223,900

Utica

Population

276218

Median household income

$71,250$86,250

Median home value

$136,600$184,200

Median gross rent

$632$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dakota	Utica
Under 5	0.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	10.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	15.6%	18.3%
25 to 34	7.6%	17.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.1%	5.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	18.5%	10.1%
75 and over	4.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dakota	Utica
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dakota	Utica
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	36.1%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dakota	Utica
Drove alone	84.0%	74.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	6.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dakota	Utica
1-unit, detached	94.7%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Dakota	Utica
Poverty rate	2.2%	3.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1965	1968