Forest City vs Leland

A side-by-side comparison of Forest City and Leland: population, income, housing, and more.

Forest City and Leland are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forest City has the higher population (4,280 vs 214 in Leland). Forest City has the higher median household income ($62,917 vs $52,500 in Leland). Forest City has the higher median home value ($136,400 vs $79,200 in Leland).

Population, income & housing

	Forest City	Leland
Population	4,280	214
Median age	32.0 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$52,500
Median home value	$136,400	$79,200
Median gross rent	$719	$860
Housing units	1,780	113
Homeownership rate	72.3%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest City	Leland
Population	3,928 → 4,280 (+9.0%)	265 → 214 (-19.2%)
Median household income	$49,022 → $62,917 (+28.3%)	$46,458 → $52,500 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $136,400 (+43.1%)	$87,500 → $79,200 (-9.5%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $719 (+24.2%)	$606 → $860 (+41.9%)

Forest City

Population

3,9284,280

Median household income

$49,022$62,917

Median home value

$95,300$136,400

Median gross rent

$579$719

Leland

Population

265214

Median household income

$46,458$52,500

Median home value

$87,500$79,200

Median gross rent

$606$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest City	Leland
Under 5	5.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	19.2%
18 to 24	17.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	15.0%
35 to 44	16.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	7.4%	4.7%
55 to 64	8.5%	21.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.7%
75 and over	5.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest City	Leland
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	79.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest City	Leland
No high school diploma	6.7%	12.8%
High school graduate	25.3%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest City	Leland
Drove alone	78.7%	89.6%
Carpooled	9.6%	1.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	6.3%
Other means	2.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest City	Leland
1-unit, detached	74.0%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest City	Leland
Poverty rate	9.4%	7.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	13	20
Median year structure built	1968	1958