Albert City vs Lakeside

A side-by-side comparison of Albert City and Lakeside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Albert City has the higher population (680 vs 678 in Lakeside). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($95,481 vs $76,094 in Albert City). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($210,900 vs $92,500 in Albert City).

Population, income & housing

	Albert City	Lakeside
Population	680	678
Median age	45.5 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,094	$95,481
Median home value	$92,500	$210,900
Median gross rent	$778	$960
Housing units	298	288
Homeownership rate	79.7%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albert City	Lakeside
Population	564 → 680 (+20.6%)	917 → 678 (-26.1%)
Median household income	$48,015 → $76,094 (+58.5%)	$69,722 → $95,481 (+36.9%)
Median home value	$57,000 → $92,500 (+62.3%)	$138,800 → $210,900 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $778 (+31.9%)	$735 → $960 (+30.6%)

Albert City

Population

564680

Median household income

$48,015$76,094

Median home value

$57,000$92,500

Median gross rent

$590$778

Lakeside

Population

917678

Median household income

$69,722$95,481

Median home value

$138,800$210,900

Median gross rent

$735$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albert City	Lakeside
Under 5	7.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.6%	21.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	3.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	7.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	9.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	15.3%	13.9%
75 and over	14.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albert City	Lakeside
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	61.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	35.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albert City	Lakeside
No high school diploma	11.3%	14.5%
High school graduate	32.3%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albert City	Lakeside
Drove alone	80.2%	75.8%
Carpooled	11.6%	18.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albert City	Lakeside
1-unit, detached	88.9%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Albert City	Lakeside
Poverty rate	13.2%	5.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	28	13
Median year structure built	1950	1972