Lakeside vs Truesdale

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

Lakeside and Truesdale 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 146 in Truesdale). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($95,481 vs $63,125 in Truesdale). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($210,900 vs $32,500 in Truesdale).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeside	Truesdale
Population	678	146
Median age	43.8 yrs	4.8 yrs
Median household income	$95,481	$63,125
Median home value	$210,900	$32,500
Median gross rent	$960	$1,111
Housing units	288	50
Homeownership rate	78.2%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeside	Truesdale
Population	917 → 678 (-26.1%)	93 → 146 (+57.0%)
Median household income	$69,722 → $95,481 (+36.9%)	$42,500 → $63,125 (+48.5%)
Median home value	$138,800 → $210,900 (+51.9%)	$50,000 → $32,500 (-35.0%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $960 (+30.6%)	$620 → $1,111 (+79.2%)

Lakeside

Population

917678

Median household income

$69,722$95,481

Median home value

$138,800$210,900

Median gross rent

$735$960

Truesdale

Population

93146

Median household income

$42,500$63,125

Median home value

$50,000$32,500

Median gross rent

$620$1,111

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeside	Truesdale
Under 5	5.2%	54.1%
5 to 17	21.4%	2.1%
18 to 24	3.1%	1.4%
25 to 34	9.9%	17.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	3.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	4.1%
55 to 64	16.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	13.9%	4.8%
75 and over	5.9%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeside	Truesdale
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	32.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	67.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeside	Truesdale
No high school diploma	14.5%	9.7%
High school graduate	32.7%	64.5%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeside	Truesdale
Drove alone	75.8%	92.2%
Carpooled	18.1%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeside	Truesdale
1-unit, detached	91.0%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	8.0%
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	Truesdale
Poverty rate	5.6%	4.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	13	15
Median year structure built	1972	1952