Charlotte vs Goose Lake

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

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

Charlotte has the higher population (431 vs 309 in Goose Lake). Goose Lake has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $69,792 in Charlotte). Goose Lake has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $95,500 in Charlotte).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte	Goose Lake
Population	431	309
Median age	36.8 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,792	$70,625
Median home value	$95,500	$125,000
Median gross rent	$704	—
Housing units	193	104
Homeownership rate	78.1%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte	Goose Lake
Population	323 → 431 (+33.4%)	207 → 309 (+49.3%)
Median household income	$61,500 → $69,792 (+13.5%)	$71,250 → $70,625 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$103,600 → $95,500 (-7.8%)	$132,500 → $125,000 (-5.7%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $704 (+22.4%)	—

Charlotte

Population

323431

Median household income

$61,500$69,792

Median home value

$103,600$95,500

Median gross rent

$575$704

Goose Lake

Population

207309

Median household income

$71,250$70,625

Median home value

$132,500$125,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlotte	Goose Lake
Under 5	2.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	25.1%	33.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.2%	9.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	21.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	5.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	5.5%
75 and over	9.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte	Goose Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	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	7.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte	Goose Lake
No high school diploma	4.8%	23.7%
High school graduate	44.3%	12.4%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte	Goose Lake
Drove alone	90.6%	96.9%
Carpooled	2.4%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte	Goose Lake
1-unit, detached	83.4%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte	Goose Lake
Poverty rate	13.2%	20.6%
Average household size	2.36	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1952	1962