Lakeside vs Newell

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

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

Newell has the higher population (924 vs 678 in Lakeside). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($95,481 vs $66,406 in Newell). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($210,900 vs $106,300 in Newell).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeside	Newell
Population	678	924
Median age	43.8 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$95,481	$66,406
Median home value	$210,900	$106,300
Median gross rent	$960	$717
Housing units	288	368
Homeownership rate	78.2%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeside	Newell
Population	917 → 678 (-26.1%)	909 → 924 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$69,722 → $95,481 (+36.9%)	$54,076 → $66,406 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$138,800 → $210,900 (+51.9%)	$81,100 → $106,300 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $960 (+30.6%)	$497 → $717 (+44.3%)

Lakeside

Population

917678

Median household income

$69,722$95,481

Median home value

$138,800$210,900

Median gross rent

$735$960

Newell

Population

909924

Median household income

$54,076$66,406

Median home value

$81,100$106,300

Median gross rent

$497$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeside	Newell
Under 5	5.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	21.4%	25.1%
18 to 24	3.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.2%
55 to 64	16.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	13.9%	7.7%
75 and over	5.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeside	Newell
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	2.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeside	Newell
No high school diploma	14.5%	9.7%
High school graduate	32.7%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeside	Newell
Drove alone	75.8%	88.4%
Carpooled	18.1%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeside	Newell
1-unit, detached	91.0%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakeside	Newell
Poverty rate	5.6%	4.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	13	21
Median year structure built	1972	1952