Le Claire vs Walcott

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

Le Claire and Walcott 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 1,895 in Walcott). Le Claire has the higher median household income ($100,404 vs $82,756 in Walcott). Le Claire has the higher median home value ($300,200 vs $171,800 in Walcott).

Population, income & housing

	Le Claire	Walcott
Population	4,718	1,895
Median age	36.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$100,404	$82,756
Median home value	$300,200	$171,800
Median gross rent	$1,087	$778
Housing units	1,842	856
Homeownership rate	71.3%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Le Claire	Walcott
Population	3,971 → 4,718 (+18.8%)	1,672 → 1,895 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$86,250 → $100,404 (+16.4%)	$52,850 → $82,756 (+56.6%)
Median home value	$224,800 → $300,200 (+33.5%)	$139,100 → $171,800 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $1,087 (+26.7%)	$639 → $778 (+21.8%)

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

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)

	Le Claire	Walcott
Under 5	7.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	28.1%	18.3%
18 to 24	3.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	15.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	7.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	14.4%
75 and over	5.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Le Claire	Walcott
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	90.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Le Claire	Walcott
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	23.0%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Le Claire	Walcott
Drove alone	77.0%	87.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	15.8%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Le Claire	Walcott
1-unit, detached	70.0%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	17.7%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Le Claire	Walcott
Poverty rate	8.0%	8.6%
Average household size	2.74	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1979	1972