Bellevue vs La Motte

A side-by-side comparison of Bellevue and La Motte: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bellevue has the higher population (2,256 vs 264 in La Motte). La Motte has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $78,792 in Bellevue). Bellevue has the higher median home value ($210,500 vs $139,100 in La Motte).

Population, income & housing

	Bellevue	La Motte
Population	2,256	264
Median age	42.7 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,792	$79,375
Median home value	$210,500	$139,100
Median gross rent	$826	—
Housing units	1,037	118
Homeownership rate	80.3%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellevue	La Motte
Population	2,157 → 2,256 (+4.6%)	208 → 264 (+26.9%)
Median household income	$61,071 → $78,792 (+29.0%)	$68,750 → $79,375 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$156,500 → $210,500 (+34.5%)	$103,400 → $139,100 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $826 (+26.1%)	$725 → $775 (+6.9%)

Bellevue

Population

2,1572,256

Median household income

$61,071$78,792

Median home value

$156,500$210,500

Median gross rent

$655$826

La Motte

Population

208264

Median household income

$68,750$79,375

Median home value

$103,400$139,100

Median gross rent

$725$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellevue	La Motte
Under 5	10.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	12.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	8.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	14.2%	17.0%
75 and over	10.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellevue	La Motte
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellevue	La Motte
No high school diploma	2.9%	8.8%
High school graduate	34.8%	51.8%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellevue	La Motte
Drove alone	85.2%	82.9%
Carpooled	1.8%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellevue	La Motte
1-unit, detached	74.6%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellevue	La Motte
Poverty rate	8.4%	12.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1960	1938