Green Mountain vs Laurel

A side-by-side comparison of Green Mountain and Laurel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laurel has the higher population (221 vs 105 in Green Mountain). Laurel has the higher median household income ($59,167 vs $50,227 in Green Mountain). Laurel has the higher median home value ($104,300 vs $86,000 in Green Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Green Mountain	Laurel
Population	105	221
Median age	63.3 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,227	$59,167
Median home value	$86,000	$104,300
Median gross rent	—	$713
Housing units	62	146
Homeownership rate	93.5%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Mountain	Laurel
Population	150 → 105 (-30.0%)	219 → 221 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$51,563 → $50,227 (-2.6%)	$49,688 → $59,167 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$92,200 → $86,000 (-6.7%)	$81,700 → $104,300 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$585 → $713 (+21.9%)

Green Mountain

Population

150105

Median household income

$51,563$50,227

Median home value

$92,200$86,000

Laurel

Population

219221

Median household income

$49,688$59,167

Median home value

$81,700$104,300

Median gross rent

$585$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green Mountain	Laurel
Under 5	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	4.8%	10.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	5.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	8.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	17.2%
55 to 64	35.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	30.5%	14.9%
75 and over	3.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Mountain	Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Mountain	Laurel
No high school diploma	4.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	55.0%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Mountain	Laurel
Drove alone	100.0%	77.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Mountain	Laurel
1-unit, detached	93.5%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Green Mountain	Laurel
Poverty rate	11.4%	10.9%
Average household size	1.69	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	14	30
Median year structure built	1956	1941