St. Lucas vs Wadena

A side-by-side comparison of St. Lucas and Wadena: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wadena has the higher population (206 vs 186 in St. Lucas). St. Lucas has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $48,438 in Wadena). St. Lucas has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $89,300 in Wadena).

Population, income & housing

	St. Lucas	Wadena
Population	186	206
Median age	32.0 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$48,438
Median home value	$112,500	$89,300
Median gross rent	—	$594
Housing units	97	115
Homeownership rate	98.5%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Lucas	Wadena
Population	148 → 186 (+25.7%)	248 → 206 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$49,750 → $75,000 (+50.8%)	$53,750 → $48,438 (-9.9%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $112,500 (+45.2%)	$73,300 → $89,300 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$444 → $594 (+33.8%)

St. Lucas

Population

148186

Median household income

$49,750$75,000

Median home value

$77,500$112,500

Wadena

Population

248206

Median household income

$53,750$48,438

Median home value

$73,300$89,300

Median gross rent

$444$594

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	St. Lucas	Wadena
Under 5	13.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	22.6%	12.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.7%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.5%	9.2%
45 to 54	6.5%	9.7%
55 to 64	15.6%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	20.4%
75 and over	1.6%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Lucas	Wadena
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Lucas	Wadena
No high school diploma	3.8%	4.3%
High school graduate	37.7%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Lucas	Wadena
Drove alone	86.7%	84.1%
Carpooled	3.3%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Lucas	Wadena
1-unit, detached	91.8%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	St. Lucas	Wadena
Poverty rate	7.5%	13.7%
Average household size	2.82	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1958	1938