Ledyard vs St. Joseph

A side-by-side comparison of Ledyard and St. Joseph: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ledyard has the higher population (114 vs 78 in St. Joseph). St. Joseph has the higher median household income ($45,347 vs $34,000 in Ledyard). Since 2019, Ledyard's population has grown faster (+48.1% vs -25.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Ledyard	St. Joseph
Population	114	78
Median age	61.3 yrs	73.4 yrs
Median household income	$34,000	$45,347
Median home value	$31,700	—
Housing units	77	43
Homeownership rate	93.3%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	68.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ledyard	St. Joseph
Population	77 → 114 (+48.1%)	104 → 78 (-25.0%)
Median household income	$35,417 → $34,000 (-4.0%)	$59,375 → $45,347 (-23.6%)
Median home value	$28,100 → $31,700 (+12.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$408 → $413 (+1.2%)	—

Ledyard

Population

77114

Median household income

$35,417$34,000

Median home value

$28,100$31,700

Median gross rent

$408$413

St. Joseph

Population

10478

Median household income

$59,375$45,347

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ledyard	St. Joseph
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.9%	11.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	6.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	4.4%	3.8%
55 to 64	39.5%	6.4%
65 to 74	21.9%	39.7%
75 and over	13.2%	25.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ledyard	St. Joseph
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ledyard	St. Joseph
No high school diploma	14.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.0%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	7.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	42.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	26.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ledyard	St. Joseph
Drove alone	54.7%	60.0%
Carpooled	26.4%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	24.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ledyard	St. Joseph
1-unit, detached	93.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ledyard	St. Joseph
Poverty rate	8.8%	21.8%
Average household size	1.90	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1938	1975