Laurens vs Rolfe

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

Laurens and Rolfe 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 618 in Rolfe). Laurens has the higher median household income ($56,354 vs $54,861 in Rolfe). Laurens has the higher median home value ($71,000 vs $46,000 in Rolfe).

Population, income & housing

	Laurens	Rolfe
Population	1,234	618
Median age	48.0 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,354	$54,861
Median home value	$71,000	$46,000
Median gross rent	$763	$563
Housing units	634	341
Homeownership rate	80.1%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	20.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurens	Rolfe
Population	1,228 → 1,234 (+0.5%)	572 → 618 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$45,714 → $56,354 (+23.3%)	$42,069 → $54,861 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$65,900 → $71,000 (+7.7%)	$33,100 → $46,000 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $763 (+23.1%)	$546 → $563 (+3.1%)

Laurens

Population

1,2281,234

Median household income

$45,714$56,354

Median home value

$65,900$71,000

Median gross rent

$620$763

Rolfe

Population

572618

Median household income

$42,069$54,861

Median home value

$33,100$46,000

Median gross rent

$546$563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laurens	Rolfe
Under 5	5.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.5%	21.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	8.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.6%	6.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	21.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.0%
75 and over	14.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurens	Rolfe
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	94.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurens	Rolfe
No high school diploma	10.1%	16.3%
High school graduate	28.6%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurens	Rolfe
Drove alone	81.8%	75.3%
Carpooled	10.5%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	4.7%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	8.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurens	Rolfe
1-unit, detached	88.5%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Laurens	Rolfe
Poverty rate	12.7%	7.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1952	1938