Le Grand vs State Center

A side-by-side comparison of Le Grand and State Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Le Grand and State Center are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

State Center has the higher population (1,548 vs 779 in Le Grand). State Center has the higher median household income ($72,303 vs $68,438 in Le Grand). State Center has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $124,300 in Le Grand).

Population, income & housing

	Le Grand	State Center
Population	779	1,548
Median age	48.4 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,438	$72,303
Median home value	$124,300	$156,300
Median gross rent	$739	$741
Housing units	418	687
Homeownership rate	88.9%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Le Grand	State Center
Population	990 → 779 (-21.3%)	1,661 → 1,548 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$56,000 → $68,438 (+22.2%)	$63,375 → $72,303 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$123,800 → $124,300 (+0.4%)	$117,600 → $156,300 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $739 (-6.3%)	$613 → $741 (+20.9%)

Le Grand

Population

990779

Median household income

$56,000$68,438

Median home value

$123,800$124,300

Median gross rent

$789$739

State Center

Population

1,6611,548

Median household income

$63,375$72,303

Median home value

$117,600$156,300

Median gross rent

$613$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Le Grand	State Center
Under 5	6.8%	9.6%
5 to 17	14.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	8.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	7.6%	15.8%
55 to 64	17.1%	8.5%
65 to 74	19.9%	9.2%
75 and over	8.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Le Grand	State Center
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	87.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	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	2.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Le Grand	State Center
No high school diploma	1.8%	7.8%
High school graduate	43.2%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Le Grand	State Center
Drove alone	84.2%	73.1%
Carpooled	3.3%	8.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	16.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Le Grand	State Center
1-unit, detached	76.8%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Le Grand	State Center
Poverty rate	11.8%	10.0%
Average household size	2.11	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1973	1948