Dedham vs Lanesboro

A side-by-side comparison of Dedham and Lanesboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dedham has the higher population (262 vs 69 in Lanesboro). Dedham has the higher median household income ($87,083 vs $36,667 in Lanesboro). Dedham has the higher median home value ($132,400 vs $91,700 in Lanesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Dedham	Lanesboro
Population	262	69
Median age	32.5 yrs	60.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,083	$36,667
Median home value	$132,400	$91,700
Median gross rent	—	$338
Housing units	88	99
Homeownership rate	97.7%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dedham	Lanesboro
Population	261 → 262 (+0.4%)	127 → 69 (-45.7%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $87,083 (+58.3%)	$43,438 → $36,667 (-15.6%)
Median home value	$100,400 → $132,400 (+31.9%)	$58,800 → $91,700 (+56.0%)

Dedham

Population

261262

Median household income

$55,000$87,083

Median home value

$100,400$132,400

Lanesboro

Population

12769

Median household income

$43,438$36,667

Median home value

$58,800$91,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dedham	Lanesboro
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.3%	7.2%
18 to 24	14.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.0%	1.4%
35 to 44	16.0%	8.7%
45 to 54	8.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	8.4%	30.4%
65 to 74	4.6%	33.3%
75 and over	9.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dedham	Lanesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dedham	Lanesboro
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.7%
High school graduate	46.5%	57.8%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dedham	Lanesboro
Drove alone	72.0%	94.4%
Carpooled	16.8%	0.0%
Public transit	4.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	2.8%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dedham	Lanesboro
1-unit, detached	97.7%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Dedham	Lanesboro
Poverty rate	17.2%	15.9%
Average household size	2.98	1.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1962	1938