Laurens vs Pocahontas

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

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

Pocahontas has the higher population (1,536 vs 1,234 in Laurens). Laurens has the higher median household income ($56,354 vs $56,298 in Pocahontas). Pocahontas has the higher median home value ($96,600 vs $71,000 in Laurens).

Population, income & housing

	Laurens	Pocahontas
Population	1,234	1,536
Median age	48.0 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,354	$56,298
Median home value	$71,000	$96,600
Median gross rent	$763	$700
Housing units	634	856
Homeownership rate	80.1%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurens	Pocahontas
Population	1,228 → 1,234 (+0.5%)	1,574 → 1,536 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$45,714 → $56,354 (+23.3%)	$49,650 → $56,298 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$65,900 → $71,000 (+7.7%)	$77,300 → $96,600 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $763 (+23.1%)	$583 → $700 (+20.1%)

Laurens

Population

1,2281,234

Median household income

$45,714$56,354

Median home value

$65,900$71,000

Median gross rent

$620$763

Pocahontas

Population

1,5741,536

Median household income

$49,650$56,298

Median home value

$77,300$96,600

Median gross rent

$583$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laurens	Pocahontas
Under 5	5.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	4.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	7.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	20.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.5%
75 and over	14.0%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurens	Pocahontas
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	95.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.8%
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	2.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurens	Pocahontas
No high school diploma	10.1%	8.4%
High school graduate	28.6%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurens	Pocahontas
Drove alone	81.8%	88.3%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	3.4%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	1.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurens	Pocahontas
1-unit, detached	88.5%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Laurens	Pocahontas
Poverty rate	12.7%	8.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1952	1965