Lakeside vs Marathon

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

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

Lakeside has the higher population (678 vs 199 in Marathon). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($95,481 vs $40,417 in Marathon). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($210,900 vs $41,700 in Marathon).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeside	Marathon
Population	678	199
Median age	43.8 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$95,481	$40,417
Median home value	$210,900	$41,700
Median gross rent	$960	$758
Housing units	288	114
Homeownership rate	78.2%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	20.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeside	Marathon
Population	917 → 678 (-26.1%)	207 → 199 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$69,722 → $95,481 (+36.9%)	$48,750 → $40,417 (-17.1%)
Median home value	$138,800 → $210,900 (+51.9%)	$31,300 → $41,700 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $960 (+30.6%)	$675 → $758 (+12.3%)

Lakeside

Population

917678

Median household income

$69,722$95,481

Median home value

$138,800$210,900

Median gross rent

$735$960

Marathon

Population

207199

Median household income

$48,750$40,417

Median home value

$31,300$41,700

Median gross rent

$675$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeside	Marathon
Under 5	5.2%	2.0%
5 to 17	21.4%	21.1%
18 to 24	3.1%	0.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	6.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	6.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	16.8%	24.6%
65 to 74	13.9%	21.1%
75 and over	5.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeside	Marathon
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeside	Marathon
No high school diploma	14.5%	13.8%
High school graduate	32.7%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeside	Marathon
Drove alone	75.8%	92.5%
Carpooled	18.1%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeside	Marathon
1-unit, detached	91.0%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakeside	Marathon
Poverty rate	5.6%	18.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	13	29
Median year structure built	1972	1938