Dows, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Dows is a Census city of 562 people across 0.77 square miles of land, lying across Wright County and Franklin County. Median household income is $78,000, 75.3 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Dows
What Dows is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.77 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land731 plus or minus 205
- County holding the largest share of its areaWright County, 63.2 percent
- Counties this place lies inWright County 63.2 percent, Franklin County 36.8 percent
Dows crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dows
How many people live in Dows
- Population562 plus or minus 158
- Median age37.3 plus or minus 9.8
- Population under 18192 plus or minus 62
- Share under 1834.2 percent
- Population 65 and over81 plus or minus 26
- Share 65 and over14.4 percent
- Households198 plus or minus 47
- Family households143 plus or minus 36
- Share of households that are families72.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dows
Income and work in Dows
- Median household income$78,000
- Per capita income$30,707
- Civilian labor force264 plus or minus 90
- Employed261 plus or minus 91
- Unemployed3 plus or minus 4
- Unemployment rate1.1 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over309 plus or minus 70
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.2 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.6 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Dows
- Housing units222 plus or minus 51
- Occupied units198 plus or minus 47
- Vacant units24 plus or minus 20
- Vacancy rate10.8 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Owner occupied149 plus or minus 41
- Renter occupied49 plus or minus 24
- Ownership rate75.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$59,800 plus or minus $19,714
- Median gross rent, monthly$695 plus or minus $425
- Annual rent as a share of median income10.7 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Single family units207 plus or minus 50
- Share single family93.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more15 plus or minus 18
- Share in buildings of two or more6.8 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dows
How Dows gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute251 plus or minus 91
- Commuting under 15 minutes86 plus or minus 40
- Share commuting under 15 minutes34.3 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more92 plus or minus 37
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.7 percent
- Drove alone86.5 percent
- Carpooled1.9 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home3.1 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dows
Flood risk in Dows
- NFIP communityCity of Dows
- NFIP community number190305
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date02/20/13(M)
The City of Dows participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 190305 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Wright County, not Dows
Wright County context, not Dows figures
- Establishments in Wright County358
- Covered employment, Wright County6,237
- Average annual pay, Wright County$58,576
- Housing units permitted, Wright County18
Every figure in this section is published for Wright County as a whole and is not a measurement of Dows.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Dows questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Dows, Iowa?
562, in 198 households. Dows city covers 0.77 square miles of land, which is 731 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Dows in?
Dows lies in more than one. By area it is 63.2 percent in Wright County, 36.8 percent in Franklin County. This page sits under Wright County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Dows?
$78,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $59,800. Median gross rent is $695 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Dows in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Dows appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Dows, city of, community 190305, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Dows figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wright County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Dows.
Is zoning published for Dows?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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