Davenport vs Le Claire

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

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

Davenport has the higher population (101,083 vs 4,718 in Le Claire). Le Claire has the higher median household income ($100,404 vs $64,497 in Davenport). Le Claire has the higher median home value ($300,200 vs $162,900 in Davenport).

Population, income & housing

	Davenport	Le Claire
Population	101,083	4,718
Median age	37.8 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,497	$100,404
Median home value	$162,900	$300,200
Median gross rent	$930	$1,087
Housing units	47,170	1,842
Homeownership rate	63.0%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Davenport	Le Claire
Population	102,169 → 101,083 (-1.1%)	3,971 → 4,718 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$51,029 → $64,497 (+26.4%)	$86,250 → $100,404 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$131,700 → $162,900 (+23.7%)	$224,800 → $300,200 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $930 (+20.6%)	$858 → $1,087 (+26.7%)

Davenport

Population

102,169101,083

Median household income

$51,029$64,497

Median home value

$131,700$162,900

Median gross rent

$771$930

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)

	Davenport	Le Claire
Under 5	6.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.2%	28.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	3.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.5%
75 and over	6.8%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Davenport	Le Claire
White (non-Hispanic)	71.7%	90.9%
Black or African American	10.9%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Davenport	Le Claire
No high school diploma	7.4%	4.3%
High school graduate	28.8%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Davenport	Le Claire
Drove alone	78.8%	77.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	15.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Davenport	Le Claire
1-unit, detached	63.5%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	17.7%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.3%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Davenport	Le Claire
Poverty rate	15.6%	8.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1966	1979