Le Mars vs Remsen

A side-by-side comparison of Le Mars and Remsen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Le Mars has the higher population (10,597 vs 1,897 in Remsen). Remsen has the higher median household income ($98,250 vs $72,381 in Le Mars). Le Mars has the higher median home value ($202,200 vs $184,700 in Remsen).

Population, income & housing

	Le Mars	Remsen
Population	10,597	1,897
Median age	39.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,381	$98,250
Median home value	$202,200	$184,700
Median gross rent	$908	$1,014
Housing units	4,521	727
Homeownership rate	62.2%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Le Mars	Remsen
Population	9,941 → 10,597 (+6.6%)	1,833 → 1,897 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$65,095 → $72,381 (+11.2%)	$59,306 → $98,250 (+65.7%)
Median home value	$158,900 → $202,200 (+27.2%)	$133,800 → $184,700 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $908 (+39.9%)	$708 → $1,014 (+43.2%)

Le Mars

Population

9,94110,597

Median household income

$65,095$72,381

Median home value

$158,900$202,200

Median gross rent

$649$908

Remsen

Population

1,8331,897

Median household income

$59,306$98,250

Median home value

$133,800$184,700

Median gross rent

$708$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Le Mars	Remsen
Under 5	5.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.9%	22.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	12.6%
75 and over	8.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Le Mars	Remsen
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	89.8%
Black or African American	5.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Le Mars	Remsen
No high school diploma	5.5%	9.1%
High school graduate	35.7%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Le Mars	Remsen
Drove alone	82.6%	77.8%
Carpooled	11.8%	6.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	1.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	11.9%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Le Mars	Remsen
1-unit, detached	58.2%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	16.5%	6.3%
20 or more units	2.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Le Mars	Remsen
Poverty rate	8.9%	4.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1975	1956