Somers vs Twin Lakes

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

Somers and Twin Lakes are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Twin Lakes has the higher population (535 vs 154 in Somers). Twin Lakes has the higher median household income ($120,699 vs $49,464 in Somers). Twin Lakes has the higher median home value ($543,400 vs $77,500 in Somers).

Population, income & housing

	Somers	Twin Lakes
Population	154	535
Median age	35.3 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,464	$120,699
Median home value	$77,500	$543,400
Median gross rent	$765	—
Housing units	59	519
Homeownership rate	81.4%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Somers	Twin Lakes
Population	101 → 154 (+52.5%)	235 → 535 (+127.7%)
Median household income	$54,167 → $49,464 (-8.7%)	$107,917 → $120,699 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$45,500 → $77,500 (+70.3%)	$362,500 → $543,400 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $765 (+4.7%)	—

Somers

Population

101154

Median household income

$54,167$49,464

Median home value

$45,500$77,500

Median gross rent

$731$765

Twin Lakes

Population

235535

Median household income

$107,917$120,699

Median home value

$362,500$543,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Somers	Twin Lakes
Under 5	5.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	26.0%	4.7%
18 to 24	13.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	3.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	5.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.9%	3.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	28.8%
65 to 74	5.8%	24.7%
75 and over	7.8%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Somers	Twin Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Somers	Twin Lakes
No high school diploma	8.2%	1.7%
High school graduate	43.5%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Somers	Twin Lakes
Drove alone	69.5%	93.8%
Carpooled	13.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Somers	Twin Lakes
1-unit, detached	79.7%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	22.7%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Somers	Twin Lakes
Poverty rate	40.9%	3.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1970	1980