Andover vs Goose Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Andover and Goose Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Goose Lake has the higher population (309 vs 120 in Andover). Goose Lake has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $115,000 in Andover). Since 2019, Goose Lake's population has grown faster (+49.3% vs -5.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Andover	Goose Lake
Population	120	309
Median age	31.0 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$70,625
Median home value	$115,000	$125,000
Housing units	50	104
Homeownership rate	54.5%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andover	Goose Lake
Population	127 → 120 (-5.5%)	207 → 309 (+49.3%)
Median household income	$60,156 → $53,125 (-11.7%)	$71,250 → $70,625 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $115,000 (+30.2%)	$132,500 → $125,000 (-5.7%)

Andover

Population

127120

Median household income

$60,156$53,125

Median home value

$88,300$115,000

Goose Lake

Population

207309

Median household income

$71,250$70,625

Median home value

$132,500$125,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andover	Goose Lake
Under 5	20.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	23.3%	33.0%
18 to 24	3.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	26.7%	9.4%
35 to 44	6.7%	21.7%
45 to 54	7.5%	5.5%
55 to 64	6.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	5.0%	5.5%
75 and over	0.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andover	Goose Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andover	Goose Lake
No high school diploma	1.6%	23.7%
High school graduate	50.8%	12.4%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andover	Goose Lake
Drove alone	97.4%	96.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.6%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andover	Goose Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Andover	Goose Lake
Poverty rate	31.7%	20.6%
Average household size	2.73	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	2004	1962