Lakeside vs Storm Lake

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

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

Storm Lake has the higher population (11,275 vs 678 in Lakeside). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($95,481 vs $58,341 in Storm Lake). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($210,900 vs $163,600 in Storm Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeside	Storm Lake
Population	678	11,275
Median age	43.8 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$95,481	$58,341
Median home value	$210,900	$163,600
Median gross rent	$960	$830
Housing units	288	4,291
Homeownership rate	78.2%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeside	Storm Lake
Population	917 → 678 (-26.1%)	10,558 → 11,275 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$69,722 → $95,481 (+36.9%)	$50,565 → $58,341 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$138,800 → $210,900 (+51.9%)	$121,300 → $163,600 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $960 (+30.6%)	$695 → $830 (+19.4%)

Lakeside

Population

917678

Median household income

$69,722$95,481

Median home value

$138,800$210,900

Median gross rent

$735$960

Storm Lake

Population

10,55811,275

Median household income

$50,565$58,341

Median home value

$121,300$163,600

Median gross rent

$695$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeside	Storm Lake
Under 5	5.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	21.4%	20.1%
18 to 24	3.1%	13.4%
25 to 34	9.9%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.2%
55 to 64	16.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	13.9%	7.4%
75 and over	5.9%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeside	Storm Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	34.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	14.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	3.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	41.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeside	Storm Lake
No high school diploma	14.5%	29.3%
High school graduate	32.7%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeside	Storm Lake
Drove alone	75.8%	61.2%
Carpooled	18.1%	23.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.1%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeside	Storm Lake
1-unit, detached	91.0%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	16.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Lakeside	Storm Lake
Poverty rate	5.6%	7.7%
Average household size	2.64	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	13	11
Median year structure built	1972	1968