Blue Grass vs Walcott

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

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

Walcott has the higher population (1,895 vs 1,867 in Blue Grass). Blue Grass has the higher median household income ($87,083 vs $82,756 in Walcott). Blue Grass has the higher median home value ($202,400 vs $171,800 in Walcott).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Grass	Walcott
Population	1,867	1,895
Median age	46.3 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,083	$82,756
Median home value	$202,400	$171,800
Median gross rent	$1,158	$778
Housing units	857	856
Homeownership rate	81.5%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Grass	Walcott
Population	1,568 → 1,867 (+19.1%)	1,672 → 1,895 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$80,455 → $87,083 (+8.2%)	$52,850 → $82,756 (+56.6%)
Median home value	$170,200 → $202,400 (+18.9%)	$139,100 → $171,800 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,158 (+38.5%)	$639 → $778 (+21.8%)

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

Walcott

Population

1,6721,895

Median household income

$52,850$82,756

Median home value

$139,100$171,800

Median gross rent

$639$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Grass	Walcott
Under 5	6.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.3%
18 to 24	3.7%	9.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	14.4%
75 and over	8.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Grass	Walcott
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	90.8%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Grass	Walcott
No high school diploma	4.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	30.6%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Grass	Walcott
Drove alone	79.2%	87.4%
Carpooled	3.3%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	16.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Grass	Walcott
1-unit, detached	82.6%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Blue Grass	Walcott
Poverty rate	9.9%	8.6%
Average household size	2.19	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1977	1972