Lu Verne vs Wesley

A side-by-side comparison of Lu Verne and Wesley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wesley has the higher population (356 vs 315 in Lu Verne). Wesley has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $56,667 in Lu Verne). Wesley has the higher median home value ($88,900 vs $38,100 in Lu Verne).

Population, income & housing

	Lu Verne	Wesley
Population	315	356
Median age	24.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,667	$65,625
Median home value	$38,100	$88,900
Median gross rent	—	$625
Housing units	151	158
Homeownership rate	82.3%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lu Verne	Wesley
Population	296 → 315 (+6.4%)	362 → 356 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $56,667 (+0.7%)	$53,036 → $65,625 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$35,300 → $38,100 (+7.9%)	$76,800 → $88,900 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $788 (+19.9%)	$489 → $625 (+27.8%)

Lu Verne

Population

296315

Median household income

$56,250$56,667

Median home value

$35,300$38,100

Median gross rent

$657$788

Wesley

Population

362356

Median household income

$53,036$65,625

Median home value

$76,800$88,900

Median gross rent

$489$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lu Verne	Wesley
Under 5	12.4%	8.4%
5 to 17	24.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	14.9%	3.4%
25 to 34	7.9%	18.5%
35 to 44	6.7%	7.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	16.3%
65 to 74	4.4%	14.6%
75 and over	7.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lu Verne	Wesley
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	89.0%
Black or African American	9.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lu Verne	Wesley
No high school diploma	9.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	35.5%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	42.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lu Verne	Wesley
Drove alone	67.9%	85.3%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	3.7%
Other means	9.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lu Verne	Wesley
1-unit, detached	96.0%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Lu Verne	Wesley
Poverty rate	24.1%	13.5%
Average household size	2.54	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1938	1957