Cotter vs Letts

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

Cotter 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 23 in Cotter). Cotter has the higher median home value ($108,300 vs $103,700 in Letts). Since 2019, Letts's population has grown faster (+1.9% vs -34.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Cotter	Letts
Population	23	382
Median age	50.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$75,625
Median home value	$108,300	$103,700
Median gross rent	—	$942
Housing units	14	147
Homeownership rate	88.9%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotter	Letts
Population	35 → 23 (-34.3%)	375 → 382 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$77,083 → $80,625 (+4.6%)	$56,500 → $75,625 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $108,300 (+80.5%)	$82,700 → $103,700 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$914 → $942 (+3.1%)

Cotter

Population

3523

Median household income

$77,083$80,625

Median home value

$60,000$108,300

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)

	Cotter	Letts
Under 5	8.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	21.7%	22.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	15.4%
35 to 44	4.3%	7.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	18.8%
65 to 74	26.1%	10.2%
75 and over	4.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotter	Letts
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	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	8.7%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotter	Letts
No high school diploma	12.5%	5.7%
High school graduate	56.3%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotter	Letts
Drove alone	75.0%	97.3%
Carpooled	25.0%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotter	Letts
1-unit, detached	85.7%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Cotter	Letts
Poverty rate	27.3%	2.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1960	1938