Lansing vs Waukon

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

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

Waukon has the higher population (3,796 vs 1,111 in Lansing). Waukon has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $49,537 in Lansing). Lansing has the higher median home value ($145,800 vs $133,700 in Waukon).

Population, income & housing

	Lansing	Waukon
Population	1,111	3,796
Median age	49.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,537	$56,250
Median home value	$145,800	$133,700
Median gross rent	$581	$719
Housing units	667	1,895
Homeownership rate	76.5%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansing	Waukon
Population	880 → 1,111 (+26.3%)	3,671 → 3,796 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$40,769 → $49,537 (+21.5%)	$45,942 → $56,250 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $145,800 (+25.8%)	$110,600 → $133,700 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $581 (-16.3%)	$545 → $719 (+31.9%)

Lansing

Population

8801,111

Median household income

$40,769$49,537

Median home value

$115,900$145,800

Median gross rent

$694$581

Waukon

Population

3,6713,796

Median household income

$45,942$56,250

Median home value

$110,600$133,700

Median gross rent

$545$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lansing	Waukon
Under 5	10.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	13.2%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	5.9%	12.3%
35 to 44	6.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	15.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	20.3%	12.7%
75 and over	10.0%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansing	Waukon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	92.5%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansing	Waukon
No high school diploma	2.6%	9.7%
High school graduate	50.5%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansing	Waukon
Drove alone	75.5%	74.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.5%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	7.9%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansing	Waukon
1-unit, detached	71.7%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Lansing	Waukon
Poverty rate	16.0%	11.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1941	1960