What is the population of Doon city?

Doon city has 477 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #482 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Doon city?

Median household income in Doon city is $59,688 a year, 24% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $481 a month and the median home value is $156,900, so rent absorbs about 9.7% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Doon city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 9.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Doon, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Doon, Iowa (Doon, IA — Census place “Doon city”) is 477 residents, ranking #482 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $59,688, the median home is worth $156,900 and median gross rent runs $481 a month. Looking for the Doon Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Doon, IA: 51235.

Population: 477Doon city residents
Median household income: $59,688Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $156,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $481Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 91.6%Owner-occupied households

Doon ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Doon.

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

51235

What the numbers mean in Doon city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Doon city median would spend about 9.7% 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 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.2% of residents and 91.6% of households own their home.

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

Doon city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Doon city is a very small community in Iowa, with 477 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #482 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 53% of them. The median age here is 38.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Doon city earn a median of $59,688 a year, 24% below the national figure of $78,538 and 12% below the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 9.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Doon city is valued at $156,900, 48.3% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $481 a month, 65.8% below the national figure, or roughly $5,772 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 9.7% 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 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 91.6% 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. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

With 477 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Doon city against its county rather than against national figures.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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

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What is the population of Doon city?: Doon city has 477 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #482 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Doon city?: Median household income in Doon city is $59,688 a year, 24% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Doon city?: Median gross rent is $481 a month and the median home value is $156,900, so rent absorbs about 9.7% of median household income.
Is Doon city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Doon city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 9.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Doon 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.