Hancock County vs Louisa County

A side-by-side comparison of Hancock County and Louisa County: population, income, housing, and more.

Hancock County and Louisa County are counties in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hancock County has the higher population (10,718 vs 10,710 in Louisa County). Louisa County has the higher median household income ($80,223 vs $70,212 in Hancock County). Louisa County has the higher median home value ($137,600 vs $129,300 in Hancock County).

Population, income & housing

	Hancock County	Louisa County
Population	10,718	10,710
Median age	44.6 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,212	$80,223
Median home value	$129,300	$137,600
Median gross rent	$784	$797
Housing units	5,120	4,736
Homeownership rate	82.0%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hancock County	Louisa County
Population	10,802 → 10,718 (-0.8%)	11,178 → 10,710 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$61,761 → $70,212 (+13.7%)	$56,673 → $80,223 (+41.6%)
Median home value	$102,200 → $129,300 (+26.5%)	$108,800 → $137,600 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $784 (+22.1%)	$637 → $797 (+25.1%)

Hancock County

Population

10,80210,718

Median household income

$61,761$70,212

Median home value

$102,200$129,300

Median gross rent

$642$784

Louisa County

Population

11,17810,710

Median household income

$56,673$80,223

Median home value

$108,800$137,600

Median gross rent

$637$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hancock County	Louisa County
Under 5	5.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.5%	11.1%
75 and over	10.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hancock County	Louisa County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hancock County	Louisa County
No high school diploma	8.4%	12.4%
High school graduate	34.9%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hancock County	Louisa County
Drove alone	79.4%	81.2%
Carpooled	8.0%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.6%	4.0%
Other means	1.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hancock County	Louisa County
1-unit, detached	86.8%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Hancock County	Louisa County
Poverty rate	12.1%	9.9%
Average household size	2.27	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1959	1962