Lakeside vs Sioux Rapids

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

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

Sioux Rapids has the higher population (831 vs 678 in Lakeside). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($95,481 vs $56,307 in Sioux Rapids). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($210,900 vs $84,400 in Sioux Rapids).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeside	Sioux Rapids
Population	678	831
Median age	43.8 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$95,481	$56,307
Median home value	$210,900	$84,400
Median gross rent	$960	$641
Housing units	288	374
Homeownership rate	78.2%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeside	Sioux Rapids
Population	917 → 678 (-26.1%)	833 → 831 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$69,722 → $95,481 (+36.9%)	$49,250 → $56,307 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$138,800 → $210,900 (+51.9%)	$75,800 → $84,400 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $960 (+30.6%)	$754 → $641 (-15.0%)

Lakeside

Population

917678

Median household income

$69,722$95,481

Median home value

$138,800$210,900

Median gross rent

$735$960

Sioux Rapids

Population

833831

Median household income

$49,250$56,307

Median home value

$75,800$84,400

Median gross rent

$754$641

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeside	Sioux Rapids
Under 5	5.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.4%	23.9%
18 to 24	3.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	4.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	8.4%
65 to 74	13.9%	15.9%
75 and over	5.9%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeside	Sioux Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	79.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
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%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeside	Sioux Rapids
No high school diploma	14.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	32.7%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeside	Sioux Rapids
Drove alone	75.8%	85.8%
Carpooled	18.1%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeside	Sioux Rapids
1-unit, detached	91.0%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakeside	Sioux Rapids
Poverty rate	5.6%	5.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	13	20
Median year structure built	1972	1949