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Dallas County, IA

111,092 Population
588.2 square miles 188.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$48,817 ±$3,178 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,518 ±$589
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$97,895 ±$7,121 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $71,433 ±$1,135
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

7.4% ±1.7% (8,160  ±1,908) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 351,224 (±0.5% / ±14,199)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.8 minutes ±0.7 (956,960  ±40,617) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

44,043 ±1,105 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,337,243 ±6,646
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (110,415  ±15) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,109,409
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.3% ±2.3% (1,206  ±661) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,480 (±0.4% / ±2,922)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

46,662 ±44 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,448,736 ±1,169
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$351,100 ±$18,004 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $213,300 ±$2,351
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

16.3% ±3.2% (17,935  ±3,559.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 12.5% 396,219 (±0.5% / ±15,207.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

95% ±5.6% (69,853  ±4,184.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,020,937 (±0.9% / ±19,875.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
47.8% ±4% (35,146  ±2,956.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 31.6% 683,500 (±0.5% / ±11,512.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.3% (11,488  ±1,868) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 188,605
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.3% ±1.5% (5,149  ±1,248) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,437 (±0.2% / ±5,633)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,149 Total veterans ±1,248 4,450 Male ±1,068 699 Female ±562

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