Laurel vs Liscomb

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

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

Liscomb has the higher population (323 vs 221 in Laurel). Liscomb has the higher median household income ($81,336 vs $59,167 in Laurel). Laurel has the higher median home value ($104,300 vs $94,800 in Liscomb).

Population, income & housing

	Laurel	Liscomb
Population	221	323
Median age	51.1 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,167	$81,336
Median home value	$104,300	$94,800
Median gross rent	$713	$1,025
Housing units	146	148
Homeownership rate	86.6%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurel	Liscomb
Population	219 → 221 (+0.9%)	274 → 323 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$49,688 → $59,167 (+19.1%)	$59,500 → $81,336 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $104,300 (+27.7%)	$63,800 → $94,800 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $713 (+21.9%)	$598 → $1,025 (+71.4%)

Laurel

Population

219221

Median household income

$49,688$59,167

Median home value

$81,700$104,300

Median gross rent

$585$713

Liscomb

Population

274323

Median household income

$59,500$81,336

Median home value

$63,800$94,800

Median gross rent

$598$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laurel	Liscomb
Under 5	1.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	17.2%	9.0%
55 to 64	15.4%	20.1%
65 to 74	14.9%	9.0%
75 and over	10.0%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurel	Liscomb
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	90.1%
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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurel	Liscomb
No high school diploma	6.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	42.5%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurel	Liscomb
Drove alone	77.3%	83.4%
Carpooled	11.8%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurel	Liscomb
1-unit, detached	87.7%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	20.3%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Laurel	Liscomb
Poverty rate	10.9%	5.3%
Average household size	1.97	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1941	1953