Clayton County vs Dickinson County

A side-by-side comparison of Clayton County and Dickinson County: population, income, housing, and more.

Clayton County and Dickinson County are counties in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dickinson County has the higher population (17,844 vs 17,069 in Clayton County). Dickinson County has the higher median household income ($74,570 vs $62,326 in Clayton County). Dickinson County has the higher median home value ($251,600 vs $155,700 in Clayton County).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton County	Dickinson County
Population	17,069	17,844
Median age	46.4 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,326	$74,570
Median home value	$155,700	$251,600
Median gross rent	$764	$930
Housing units	8,791	14,060
Homeownership rate	76.6%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton County	Dickinson County
Population	17,625 → 17,069 (-3.2%)	17,127 → 17,844 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$53,152 → $62,326 (+17.3%)	$59,969 → $74,570 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$121,700 → $155,700 (+27.9%)	$194,300 → $251,600 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $764 (+17.9%)	$844 → $930 (+10.2%)

Clayton County

Population

17,62517,069

Median household income

$53,152$62,326

Median home value

$121,700$155,700

Median gross rent

$648$764

Dickinson County

Population

17,12717,844

Median household income

$59,969$74,570

Median home value

$194,300$251,600

Median gross rent

$844$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton County	Dickinson County
Under 5	5.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	16.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.9%	15.9%
75 and over	10.5%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton County	Dickinson County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton County	Dickinson County
No high school diploma	9.2%	2.7%
High school graduate	43.8%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton County	Dickinson County
Drove alone	77.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	6.5%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.7%	10.5%
Other means	3.9%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton County	Dickinson County
1-unit, detached	81.5%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Clayton County	Dickinson County
Poverty rate	13.6%	6.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1962	1978