Lee County vs Webster County

A side-by-side comparison of Lee County and Webster County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Webster County has the higher population (36,848 vs 33,175 in Lee County). Webster County has the higher median household income ($68,054 vs $59,803 in Lee County). Webster County has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $123,600 in Lee County).

Population, income & housing

	Lee County	Webster County
Population	33,175	36,848
Median age	43.7 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,803	$68,054
Median home value	$123,600	$138,500
Median gross rent	$814	$762
Housing units	15,808	17,053
Homeownership rate	75.5%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lee County	Webster County
Population	34,227 → 33,175 (-3.1%)	36,545 → 36,848 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$49,564 → $59,803 (+20.7%)	$47,466 → $68,054 (+43.4%)
Median home value	$94,500 → $123,600 (+30.8%)	$99,100 → $138,500 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $814 (+21.5%)	$642 → $762 (+18.7%)

Lee County

Population

34,22733,175

Median household income

$49,564$59,803

Median home value

$94,500$123,600

Median gross rent

$670$814

Webster County

Population

36,54536,848

Median household income

$47,466$68,054

Median home value

$99,100$138,500

Median gross rent

$642$762

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lee County	Webster County
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	11.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.1%
75 and over	8.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lee County	Webster County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	84.6%
Black or African American	2.7%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lee County	Webster County
No high school diploma	5.8%	7.7%
High school graduate	37.6%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lee County	Webster County
Drove alone	81.8%	83.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.8%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.6%	4.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lee County	Webster County
1-unit, detached	79.2%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	4.8%
20 or more units	6.2%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Lee County	Webster County
Poverty rate	13.0%	11.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1959	1957