Lake City vs Pomeroy

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

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

Lake City has the higher population (1,652 vs 568 in Pomeroy). Lake City has the higher median household income ($64,375 vs $55,069 in Pomeroy). Lake City has the higher median home value ($103,300 vs $70,600 in Pomeroy).

Population, income & housing

	Lake City	Pomeroy
Population	1,652	568
Median age	46.9 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,375	$55,069
Median home value	$103,300	$70,600
Median gross rent	$761	$681
Housing units	739	341
Homeownership rate	75.2%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake City	Pomeroy
Population	1,764 → 1,652 (-6.3%)	506 → 568 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$46,853 → $64,375 (+37.4%)	$43,750 → $55,069 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$81,200 → $103,300 (+27.2%)	$53,600 → $70,600 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $761 (+27.9%)	$553 → $681 (+23.1%)

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

Pomeroy

Population

506568

Median household income

$43,750$55,069

Median home value

$53,600$70,600

Median gross rent

$553$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake City	Pomeroy
Under 5	7.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.7%	10.0%
35 to 44	9.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	7.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.7%	13.2%
75 and over	13.1%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake City	Pomeroy
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake City	Pomeroy
No high school diploma	6.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	38.6%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake City	Pomeroy
Drove alone	78.9%	76.3%
Carpooled	10.7%	12.1%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	10.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake City	Pomeroy
1-unit, detached	84.2%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake City	Pomeroy
Poverty rate	13.2%	13.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	16	31
Median year structure built	1956	1962