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Laurens city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Laurens city is a Census city of 1,206 people across 0.76 square miles of land, in Pocahontas County. Median household income is $48,988, 76.8 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Laurens
What Laurens is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.76 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,593
- County holding the largest share of its areaPocahontas County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Laurens
How many people live in Laurens
- Population1,206
- Median age47.2
- Population under 18223 plus or minus 59
- Share under 1818.5 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Population 65 and over290 plus or minus 69
- Share 65 and over24.0 percent
- Households530
- Family households337
- Share of households that are families63.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Laurens
Income and work in Laurens
- Median household income$48,988 plus or minus $10,053
- Per capita income$31,429
- Civilian labor force646
- Employed605
- Unemployed41 plus or minus 25
- Unemployment rate6.3 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over914
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.9 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.7 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Laurens
Housing in Laurens
- Housing units657
- Occupied units530
- Vacant units127 plus or minus 48
- Vacancy rate19.3 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Owner occupied407
- Renter occupied123 plus or minus 43
- Ownership rate76.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$60,300 plus or minus $18,243
- Median gross rent, monthly$805
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.7 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Single family units593
- Share single family90.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more57 plus or minus 29
- Share in buildings of two or more8.7 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Mobile homes7 plus or minus 13
- Median year structure built1952
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Laurens
How Laurens gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute586
- Commuting under 15 minutes264 plus or minus 59
- Share commuting under 15 minutes45.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more185 plus or minus 86
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.6 percent plus or minus 13.6
- Drove alone82.3 percent
- Carpooled8.6 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.8 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Worked from home3.0 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Laurens
SBA loans in Laurens (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$125,000
- Average approval$125,000
- Median approval$125,000
- Largest approval$125,000
- Jobs supported12
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Pocahontas County, not Laurens
Pocahontas County context, not Laurens figures
These are Pocahontas County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Laurens measurements.
- Establishments in Pocahontas County200
- Employment at those establishments, Pocahontas County1,934
- Covered employment, Pocahontas County2,644
- Average annual pay, Pocahontas County$52,766
- Average weekly wage, Pocahontas County$1,015
- Housing units permitted, Pocahontas County5
- Of those, single family, Pocahontas County5
- County product, 2024, Pocahontas County$641,676,000
- County product change over the prior year, Pocahontas County-0.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Pocahontas County$41,122
Every figure in this section is published for Pocahontas County as a whole and is not a measurement of Laurens. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Laurens questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Laurens, Iowa?
1,206, in 530 households. Laurens city covers 0.76 square miles of land, which is 1,593 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Laurens in?
Pocahontas County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Laurens?
$48,988. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $60,300. Median gross rent is $805 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Laurens figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Pocahontas County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Laurens.
Is zoning published for Laurens?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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