Columbus City vs Letts

A side-by-side comparison of Columbus City and Letts: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Letts has the higher population (382 vs 306 in Columbus City). Columbus City has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $75,625 in Letts). Columbus City has the higher median home value ($104,400 vs $103,700 in Letts).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus City	Letts
Population	306	382
Median age	51.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,500	$75,625
Median home value	$104,400	$103,700
Median gross rent	—	$942
Housing units	134	147
Homeownership rate	97.0%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus City	Letts
Population	345 → 306 (-11.3%)	375 → 382 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$51,354 → $82,500 (+60.6%)	$56,500 → $75,625 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $104,400 (+21.7%)	$82,700 → $103,700 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$914 → $942 (+3.1%)

Columbus City

Population

345306

Median household income

$51,354$82,500

Median home value

$85,800$104,400

Letts

Population

375382

Median household income

$56,500$75,625

Median home value

$82,700$103,700

Median gross rent

$914$942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus City	Letts
Under 5	4.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	11.4%	22.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.5%
25 to 34	10.5%	15.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	7.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	22.9%	18.8%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.2%
75 and over	9.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus City	Letts
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	52.3%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus City	Letts
No high school diploma	27.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	44.6%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus City	Letts
Drove alone	69.4%	97.3%
Carpooled	28.1%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus City	Letts
1-unit, detached	75.4%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.6%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Columbus City	Letts
Poverty rate	4.9%	2.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1968	1938