Lester vs Little Rock

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

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

Little Rock has the higher population (416 vs 308 in Lester). Lester has the higher median household income ($91,875 vs $64,375 in Little Rock). Lester has the higher median home value ($185,200 vs $78,600 in Little Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Lester	Little Rock
Population	308	416
Median age	38.9 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$91,875	$64,375
Median home value	$185,200	$78,600
Median gross rent	—	$625
Housing units	125	178
Homeownership rate	97.1%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lester	Little Rock
Population	278 → 308 (+10.8%)	440 → 416 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $91,875 (+33.6%)	$56,719 → $64,375 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$141,700 → $185,200 (+30.7%)	$58,200 → $78,600 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$570 → $625 (+9.6%)

Lester

Population

278308

Median household income

$68,750$91,875

Median home value

$141,700$185,200

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)

	Lester	Little Rock
Under 5	6.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	19.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	20.5%	3.8%
45 to 54	4.2%	18.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	5.5%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.8%
75 and over	11.0%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lester	Little Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lester	Little Rock
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	47.2%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lester	Little Rock
Drove alone	70.5%	80.2%
Carpooled	18.2%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	3.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lester	Little Rock
1-unit, detached	92.0%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Lester	Little Rock
Poverty rate	2.3%	3.6%
Average household size	2.96	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	18	35
Median year structure built	1975	1949