Blue Grass vs Le Claire

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Grass and Le Claire: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Le Claire has the higher population (4,718 vs 1,867 in Blue Grass). Le Claire has the higher median household income ($100,404 vs $87,083 in Blue Grass). Le Claire has the higher median home value ($300,200 vs $202,400 in Blue Grass).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Grass	Le Claire
Population	1,867	4,718
Median age	46.3 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,083	$100,404
Median home value	$202,400	$300,200
Median gross rent	$1,158	$1,087
Housing units	857	1,842
Homeownership rate	81.5%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Grass	Le Claire
Population	1,568 → 1,867 (+19.1%)	3,971 → 4,718 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$80,455 → $87,083 (+8.2%)	$86,250 → $100,404 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$170,200 → $202,400 (+18.9%)	$224,800 → $300,200 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,158 (+38.5%)	$858 → $1,087 (+26.7%)

Blue Grass

Population

1,5681,867

Median household income

$80,455$87,083

Median home value

$170,200$202,400

Median gross rent

$836$1,158

Le Claire

Population

3,9714,718

Median household income

$86,250$100,404

Median home value

$224,800$300,200

Median gross rent

$858$1,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Grass	Le Claire
Under 5	6.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	28.1%
18 to 24	3.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	15.9%
45 to 54	14.3%	7.9%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	8.5%
75 and over	8.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Grass	Le Claire
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	90.9%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Grass	Le Claire
No high school diploma	4.5%	4.3%
High school graduate	30.6%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Grass	Le Claire
Drove alone	79.2%	77.0%
Carpooled	3.3%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	15.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Grass	Le Claire
1-unit, detached	82.6%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	17.7%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Grass	Le Claire
Poverty rate	9.9%	8.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1977	1979