Liscomb vs State Center

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

Liscomb 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 323 in Liscomb). Liscomb has the higher median household income ($81,336 vs $72,303 in State Center). State Center has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $94,800 in Liscomb).

Population, income & housing

	Liscomb	State Center
Population	323	1,548
Median age	41.9 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,336	$72,303
Median home value	$94,800	$156,300
Median gross rent	$1,025	$741
Housing units	148	687
Homeownership rate	84.9%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Liscomb	State Center
Population	274 → 323 (+17.9%)	1,661 → 1,548 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$59,500 → $81,336 (+36.7%)	$63,375 → $72,303 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$63,800 → $94,800 (+48.6%)	$117,600 → $156,300 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $1,025 (+71.4%)	$613 → $741 (+20.9%)

Liscomb

Population

274323

Median household income

$59,500$81,336

Median home value

$63,800$94,800

Median gross rent

$598$1,025

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)

	Liscomb	State Center
Under 5	8.0%	9.6%
5 to 17	18.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	9.0%	15.8%
55 to 64	20.1%	8.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.2%
75 and over	2.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Liscomb	State Center
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	87.5%
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	1.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Liscomb	State Center
No high school diploma	10.3%	7.8%
High school graduate	48.2%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Liscomb	State Center
Drove alone	83.4%	73.1%
Carpooled	15.3%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Liscomb	State Center
1-unit, detached	70.9%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	20.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Liscomb	State Center
Poverty rate	5.3%	10.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1953	1948