Davis City vs Leon

A side-by-side comparison of Davis City and Leon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Leon has the higher population (1,795 vs 170 in Davis City). Leon has the higher median household income ($54,868 vs $37,417 in Davis City). Leon has the higher median home value ($79,600 vs $45,500 in Davis City).

Population, income & housing

	Davis City	Leon
Population	170	1,795
Median age	37.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,417	$54,868
Median home value	$45,500	$79,600
Median gross rent	$725	$542
Housing units	94	954
Homeownership rate	66.7%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Davis City	Leon
Population	235 → 170 (-27.7%)	1,868 → 1,795 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$36,042 → $37,417 (+3.8%)	$42,679 → $54,868 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$36,100 → $45,500 (+26.0%)	$75,200 → $79,600 (+5.9%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $725 (+19.2%)	$465 → $542 (+16.6%)

Davis City

Population

235170

Median household income

$36,042$37,417

Median home value

$36,100$45,500

Median gross rent

$608$725

Leon

Population

1,8681,795

Median household income

$42,679$54,868

Median home value

$75,200$79,600

Median gross rent

$465$542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Davis City	Leon
Under 5	0.6%	3.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	19.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	13.6%
25 to 34	18.8%	4.7%
35 to 44	5.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	6.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.6%
75 and over	8.2%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Davis City	Leon
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Davis City	Leon
No high school diploma	14.5%	11.9%
High school graduate	42.7%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Davis City	Leon
Drove alone	78.5%	87.5%
Carpooled	16.5%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Davis City	Leon
1-unit, detached	84.0%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Davis City	Leon
Poverty rate	18.8%	8.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1938	1955