What is the population of Dike city?

Dike city has 1,258 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #241 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Dike city?

Median household income in Dike city is $88,523 a year, 12.7% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dike city?

Median gross rent is $708 a month and the median home value is $235,900, so rent absorbs about 9.6% of median household income.

Is Dike city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dike city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 9.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Dike, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Dike, Iowa (Dike, IA — Census place “Dike city”) is 1,258 residents, ranking #241 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $88,523, the median home is worth $235,900 and median gross rent runs $708 a month. Looking for the Dike Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Dike, IA: 50624.

Population: 1,258Dike city residents
Median household income: $88,523Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $235,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $708Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 87.9%Owner-occupied households

Dike ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Dike.

The Dike IA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

50624

What the numbers mean in Dike city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Dike city median would spend about 9.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 4.1% of residents and 87.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Dike city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Dike city is a small town in Iowa, with 1,258 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #241 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 76% of them. The median age here is 39.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Dike city earn a median of $88,523 a year, 12.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 31% above the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 4.1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Dike city is valued at $235,900, 22.2% below the national figure and 51% above the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $708 a month, 49.6% below the national figure, or roughly $8,496 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 9.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 87.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Dike city?: Dike city has 1,258 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #241 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Dike city?: Median household income in Dike city is $88,523 a year, 12.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dike city?: Median gross rent is $708 a month and the median home value is $235,900, so rent absorbs about 9.6% of median household income.
Is Dike city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dike city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 9.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Dike city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.