Letts vs Morning Sun

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

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

Morning Sun has the higher population (733 vs 382 in Letts). Letts has the higher median household income ($75,625 vs $63,500 in Morning Sun). Letts has the higher median home value ($103,700 vs $90,300 in Morning Sun).

Population, income & housing

	Letts	Morning Sun
Population	382	733
Median age	41.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,625	$63,500
Median home value	$103,700	$90,300
Median gross rent	$942	$875
Housing units	147	307
Homeownership rate	86.0%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Letts	Morning Sun
Population	375 → 382 (+1.9%)	783 → 733 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$56,500 → $75,625 (+33.8%)	$46,731 → $63,500 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $103,700 (+25.4%)	$74,900 → $90,300 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $942 (+3.1%)	$650 → $875 (+34.6%)

Letts

Population

375382

Median household income

$56,500$75,625

Median home value

$82,700$103,700

Median gross rent

$914$942

Morning Sun

Population

783733

Median household income

$46,731$63,500

Median home value

$74,900$90,300

Median gross rent

$650$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Letts	Morning Sun
Under 5	3.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	22.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	15.4%	7.6%
35 to 44	7.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.7%
55 to 64	18.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.9%
75 and over	6.3%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Letts	Morning Sun
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
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	12.8%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Letts	Morning Sun
No high school diploma	5.7%	11.1%
High school graduate	49.2%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Letts	Morning Sun
Drove alone	97.3%	92.2%
Carpooled	2.2%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Letts	Morning Sun
1-unit, detached	93.9%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Letts	Morning Sun
Poverty rate	2.4%	13.5%
Average household size	2.96	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1938	1951