Delaware County vs Dickinson County

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

Delaware 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 17,549 in Delaware County). Delaware County has the higher median household income ($76,205 vs $74,570 in Dickinson County). Dickinson County has the higher median home value ($251,600 vs $168,700 in Delaware County).

Population, income & housing

	Delaware County	Dickinson County
Population	17,549	17,844
Median age	44.0 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,205	$74,570
Median home value	$168,700	$251,600
Median gross rent	$743	$930
Housing units	8,142	14,060
Homeownership rate	82.4%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delaware County	Dickinson County
Population	17,183 → 17,549 (+2.1%)	17,127 → 17,844 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $76,205 (+19.5%)	$59,969 → $74,570 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$136,100 → $168,700 (+24.0%)	$194,300 → $251,600 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $743 (+19.6%)	$844 → $930 (+10.2%)

Delaware County

Population

17,18317,549

Median household income

$63,750$76,205

Median home value

$136,100$168,700

Median gross rent

$621$743

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)

	Delaware County	Dickinson County
Under 5	5.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	16.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	15.9%
75 and over	9.0%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delaware County	Dickinson County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delaware County	Dickinson County
No high school diploma	7.8%	2.7%
High school graduate	43.6%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delaware County	Dickinson County
Drove alone	81.3%	78.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.4%	10.5%
Other means	1.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delaware County	Dickinson County
1-unit, detached	86.8%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	9.2%
20 or more units	2.8%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Delaware County	Dickinson County
Poverty rate	7.9%	6.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1965	1978