Lanesboro vs Lidderdale

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

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

Lidderdale has the higher population (191 vs 69 in Lanesboro). Lidderdale has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $36,667 in Lanesboro). Lidderdale has the higher median home value ($119,700 vs $91,700 in Lanesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Lanesboro	Lidderdale
Population	69	191
Median age	60.1 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,667	$60,000
Median home value	$91,700	$119,700
Median gross rent	$338	$533
Housing units	99	87
Homeownership rate	87.0%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lanesboro	Lidderdale
Population	127 → 69 (-45.7%)	184 → 191 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$43,438 → $36,667 (-15.6%)	$53,750 → $60,000 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $91,700 (+56.0%)	$81,000 → $119,700 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$367 → $533 (+45.2%)

Lanesboro

Population

12769

Median household income

$43,438$36,667

Median home value

$58,800$91,700

Lidderdale

Population

184191

Median household income

$53,750$60,000

Median home value

$81,000$119,700

Median gross rent

$367$533

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lanesboro	Lidderdale
Under 5	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	7.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	1.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	8.7%	8.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	6.8%
55 to 64	30.4%	25.1%
65 to 74	33.3%	13.6%
75 and over	5.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lanesboro	Lidderdale
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.3%
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	5.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lanesboro	Lidderdale
No high school diploma	4.7%	7.1%
High school graduate	57.8%	56.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lanesboro	Lidderdale
Drove alone	94.4%	62.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lanesboro	Lidderdale
1-unit, detached	94.9%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lanesboro	Lidderdale
Poverty rate	15.9%	12.6%
Average household size	1.50	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	15
Median year structure built	1938	1949