Havelock vs Laurens

A side-by-side comparison of Havelock and Laurens: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laurens has the higher population (1,234 vs 175 in Havelock). Havelock has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $56,354 in Laurens). Laurens has the higher median home value ($71,000 vs $23,800 in Havelock).

Population, income & housing

	Havelock	Laurens
Population	175	1,234
Median age	35.5 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$56,354
Median home value	$23,800	$71,000
Median gross rent	$563	$763
Housing units	99	634
Homeownership rate	68.4%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Havelock	Laurens
Population	137 → 175 (+27.7%)	1,228 → 1,234 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $61,875 (+70.7%)	$45,714 → $56,354 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$22,500 → $23,800 (+5.8%)	$65,900 → $71,000 (+7.7%)
Median gross rent	$429 → $563 (+31.2%)	$620 → $763 (+23.1%)

Havelock

Population

137175

Median household income

$36,250$61,875

Median home value

$22,500$23,800

Median gross rent

$429$563

Laurens

Population

1,2281,234

Median household income

$45,714$56,354

Median home value

$65,900$71,000

Median gross rent

$620$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Havelock	Laurens
Under 5	1.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	29.7%	12.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	20.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	8.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.5%
75 and over	0.6%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Havelock	Laurens
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
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	2.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Havelock	Laurens
No high school diploma	3.6%	10.1%
High school graduate	47.3%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Havelock	Laurens
Drove alone	62.4%	81.8%
Carpooled	37.6%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Havelock	Laurens
1-unit, detached	89.9%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Havelock	Laurens
Poverty rate	25.1%	12.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	45	20
Median year structure built	1952	1952