Letts vs Wapello

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

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

Wapello has the higher population (1,935 vs 382 in Letts). Letts has the higher median household income ($75,625 vs $71,131 in Wapello). Wapello has the higher median home value ($128,800 vs $103,700 in Letts).

Population, income & housing

	Letts	Wapello
Population	382	1,935
Median age	41.3 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,625	$71,131
Median home value	$103,700	$128,800
Median gross rent	$942	$707
Housing units	147	889
Homeownership rate	86.0%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Letts	Wapello
Population	375 → 382 (+1.9%)	2,005 → 1,935 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$56,500 → $75,625 (+33.8%)	$66,429 → $71,131 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $103,700 (+25.4%)	$113,500 → $128,800 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $942 (+3.1%)	$618 → $707 (+14.4%)

Letts

Population

375382

Median household income

$56,500$75,625

Median home value

$82,700$103,700

Median gross rent

$914$942

Wapello

Population

2,0051,935

Median household income

$66,429$71,131

Median home value

$113,500$128,800

Median gross rent

$618$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Letts	Wapello
Under 5	3.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	22.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	4.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.4%	9.4%
35 to 44	7.9%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	18.8%	9.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	16.7%
75 and over	6.3%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Letts	Wapello
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	82.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.4%
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%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Letts	Wapello
No high school diploma	5.7%	11.8%
High school graduate	49.2%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Letts	Wapello
Drove alone	97.3%	82.3%
Carpooled	2.2%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Letts	Wapello
1-unit, detached	93.9%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Letts	Wapello
Poverty rate	2.4%	6.7%
Average household size	2.96	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1938	1957