Lansing vs Postville

A side-by-side comparison of Lansing and Postville: population, income, housing, and more.

Lansing and Postville are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Postville has the higher population (2,787 vs 1,111 in Lansing). Lansing has the higher median household income ($49,537 vs $47,281 in Postville). Lansing has the higher median home value ($145,800 vs $100,300 in Postville).

Population, income & housing

	Lansing	Postville
Population	1,111	2,787
Median age	49.4 yrs	25.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,537	$47,281
Median home value	$145,800	$100,300
Median gross rent	$581	$872
Housing units	667	980
Homeownership rate	76.5%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansing	Postville
Population	880 → 1,111 (+26.3%)	2,547 → 2,787 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$40,769 → $49,537 (+21.5%)	$51,250 → $47,281 (-7.7%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $145,800 (+25.8%)	$84,200 → $100,300 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $581 (-16.3%)	$722 → $872 (+20.8%)

Lansing

Population

8801,111

Median household income

$40,769$49,537

Median home value

$115,900$145,800

Median gross rent

$694$581

Postville

Population

2,5472,787

Median household income

$51,250$47,281

Median home value

$84,200$100,300

Median gross rent

$722$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lansing	Postville
Under 5	10.5%	8.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	28.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	13.0%
25 to 34	5.9%	8.8%
35 to 44	6.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	15.4%	6.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	7.5%
65 to 74	20.3%	5.1%
75 and over	10.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansing	Postville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	45.4%
Black or African American	2.2%	10.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	41.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansing	Postville
No high school diploma	2.6%	18.8%
High school graduate	50.5%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansing	Postville
Drove alone	75.5%	66.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.5%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	5.0%	8.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansing	Postville
1-unit, detached	71.7%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	24.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Lansing	Postville
Poverty rate	16.0%	25.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1941	1951