Little Rock vs Rock Rapids

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

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

Rock Rapids has the higher population (2,653 vs 416 in Little Rock). Little Rock has the higher median household income ($64,375 vs $61,679 in Rock Rapids). Rock Rapids has the higher median home value ($207,700 vs $78,600 in Little Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Little Rock	Rock Rapids
Population	416	2,653
Median age	35.7 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,375	$61,679
Median home value	$78,600	$207,700
Median gross rent	$625	$763
Housing units	178	1,160
Homeownership rate	84.6%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Rock	Rock Rapids
Population	440 → 416 (-5.5%)	2,545 → 2,653 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$56,719 → $64,375 (+13.5%)	$58,387 → $61,679 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$58,200 → $78,600 (+35.1%)	$140,900 → $207,700 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $625 (+9.6%)	$561 → $763 (+36.0%)

Little Rock

Population

440416

Median household income

$56,719$64,375

Median home value

$58,200$78,600

Median gross rent

$570$625

Rock Rapids

Population

2,5452,653

Median household income

$58,387$61,679

Median home value

$140,900$207,700

Median gross rent

$561$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Little Rock	Rock Rapids
Under 5	4.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.2%	24.3%
18 to 24	19.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.1%	6.3%
35 to 44	3.8%	16.5%
45 to 54	18.0%	8.4%
55 to 64	5.5%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.3%
75 and over	11.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Rock	Rock Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Rock	Rock Rapids
No high school diploma	5.1%	5.7%
High school graduate	40.2%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Rock	Rock Rapids
Drove alone	80.2%	77.8%
Carpooled	12.8%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	3.1%	10.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Rock	Rock Rapids
1-unit, detached	94.9%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Little Rock	Rock Rapids
Poverty rate	3.6%	5.9%
Average household size	2.57	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	35	12
Median year structure built	1949	1970