Lake City vs Twin Lakes

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

Lake City and Twin Lakes 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 535 in Twin Lakes). Twin Lakes has the higher median household income ($120,699 vs $64,375 in Lake City). Twin Lakes has the higher median home value ($543,400 vs $103,300 in Lake City).

Population, income & housing

	Lake City	Twin Lakes
Population	1,652	535
Median age	46.9 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,375	$120,699
Median home value	$103,300	$543,400
Median gross rent	$761	—
Housing units	739	519
Homeownership rate	75.2%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake City	Twin Lakes
Population	1,764 → 1,652 (-6.3%)	235 → 535 (+127.7%)
Median household income	$46,853 → $64,375 (+37.4%)	$107,917 → $120,699 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$81,200 → $103,300 (+27.2%)	$362,500 → $543,400 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $761 (+27.9%)	—

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

Twin Lakes

Population

235535

Median household income

$107,917$120,699

Median home value

$362,500$543,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake City	Twin Lakes
Under 5	7.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.7%	4.7%
18 to 24	4.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	9.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	3.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	28.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	24.7%
75 and over	13.1%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake City	Twin Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake City	Twin Lakes
No high school diploma	6.0%	1.7%
High school graduate	38.6%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake City	Twin Lakes
Drove alone	78.9%	93.8%
Carpooled	10.7%	0.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	6.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake City	Twin Lakes
1-unit, detached	84.2%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	22.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake City	Twin Lakes
Poverty rate	13.2%	3.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	16	28
Median year structure built	1956	1980