Long Grove vs Walcott

A side-by-side comparison of Long Grove and Walcott: population, income, housing, and more.

Long Grove 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 707 in Long Grove). Long Grove has the higher median household income ($124,297 vs $82,756 in Walcott). Long Grove has the higher median home value ($295,900 vs $171,800 in Walcott).

Population, income & housing

	Long Grove	Walcott
Population	707	1,895
Median age	52.4 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$124,297	$82,756
Median home value	$295,900	$171,800
Median gross rent	$1,479	$778
Housing units	301	856
Homeownership rate	95.3%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Grove	Walcott
Population	994 → 707 (-28.9%)	1,672 → 1,895 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$103,750 → $124,297 (+19.8%)	$52,850 → $82,756 (+56.6%)
Median home value	$255,800 → $295,900 (+15.7%)	$139,100 → $171,800 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,536 → $1,479 (-3.7%)	$639 → $778 (+21.8%)

Long Grove

Population

994707

Median household income

$103,750$124,297

Median home value

$255,800$295,900

Median gross rent

$1,536$1,479

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)

	Long Grove	Walcott
Under 5	7.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	2.5%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	7.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.6%
55 to 64	19.7%	11.3%
65 to 74	21.1%	14.4%
75 and over	6.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Grove	Walcott
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Grove	Walcott
No high school diploma	3.2%	6.8%
High school graduate	22.3%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Grove	Walcott
Drove alone	80.1%	87.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	10.9%	5.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Grove	Walcott
1-unit, detached	97.7%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Long Grove	Walcott
Poverty rate	2.4%	8.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1979	1972