Lake City vs Manson

A side-by-side comparison of Lake City and Manson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Manson has the higher population (1,653 vs 1,652 in Lake City). Manson has the higher median household income ($70,893 vs $64,375 in Lake City). Manson has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $103,300 in Lake City).

Population, income & housing

	Lake City	Manson
Population	1,652	1,653
Median age	46.9 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,375	$70,893
Median home value	$103,300	$118,800
Median gross rent	$761	$656
Housing units	739	889
Homeownership rate	75.2%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake City	Manson
Population	1,764 → 1,652 (-6.3%)	1,867 → 1,653 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$46,853 → $64,375 (+37.4%)	$46,193 → $70,893 (+53.5%)
Median home value	$81,200 → $103,300 (+27.2%)	$92,200 → $118,800 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $761 (+27.9%)	$579 → $656 (+13.3%)

Lake City

Population

1,7641,652

Median household income

$46,853$64,375

Median home value

$81,200$103,300

Median gross rent

$595$761

Manson

Population

1,8671,653

Median household income

$46,193$70,893

Median home value

$92,200$118,800

Median gross rent

$579$656

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake City	Manson
Under 5	7.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	10.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	9.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	13.7%	11.4%
75 and over	13.1%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake City	Manson
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake City	Manson
No high school diploma	6.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	38.6%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake City	Manson
Drove alone	78.9%	85.0%
Carpooled	10.7%	3.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	3.8%	8.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake City	Manson
1-unit, detached	84.2%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Lake City	Manson
Poverty rate	13.2%	6.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1956	1968