Larchwood vs Little Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Larchwood and Little Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Larchwood has the higher population (1,076 vs 416 in Little Rock). Larchwood has the higher median household income ($69,327 vs $64,375 in Little Rock). Larchwood has the higher median home value ($189,700 vs $78,600 in Little Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Larchwood	Little Rock
Population	1,076	416
Median age	34.3 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,327	$64,375
Median home value	$189,700	$78,600
Median gross rent	$854	$625
Housing units	424	178
Homeownership rate	79.9%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Larchwood	Little Rock
Population	1,027 → 1,076 (+4.8%)	440 → 416 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$50,481 → $69,327 (+37.3%)	$56,719 → $64,375 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$148,800 → $189,700 (+27.5%)	$58,200 → $78,600 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $854 (+18.1%)	$570 → $625 (+9.6%)

Larchwood

Population

1,0271,076

Median household income

$50,481$69,327

Median home value

$148,800$189,700

Median gross rent

$723$854

Little Rock

Population

440416

Median household income

$56,719$64,375

Median home value

$58,200$78,600

Median gross rent

$570$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Larchwood	Little Rock
Under 5	3.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	23.1%	14.2%
18 to 24	13.9%	19.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	3.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	18.0%
55 to 64	5.6%	5.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	11.8%
75 and over	7.5%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Larchwood	Little Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Larchwood	Little Rock
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.1%
High school graduate	34.8%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Larchwood	Little Rock
Drove alone	78.8%	80.2%
Carpooled	13.7%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	3.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Larchwood	Little Rock
1-unit, detached	84.9%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Larchwood	Little Rock
Poverty rate	6.6%	3.6%
Average household size	2.74	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1970	1949