Goose Lake vs Low Moor

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

Goose Lake and Low Moor 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 269 in Low Moor). Goose Lake has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $49,821 in Low Moor). Goose Lake has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $120,300 in Low Moor).

Population, income & housing

	Goose Lake	Low Moor
Population	309	269
Median age	30.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$49,821
Median home value	$125,000	$120,300
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	104	117
Homeownership rate	94.6%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goose Lake	Low Moor
Population	207 → 309 (+49.3%)	284 → 269 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $70,625 (-0.9%)	$56,250 → $49,821 (-11.4%)
Median home value	$132,500 → $125,000 (-5.7%)	$93,500 → $120,300 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$775 → $850 (+9.7%)

Goose Lake

Population

207309

Median household income

$71,250$70,625

Median home value

$132,500$125,000

Low Moor

Population

284269

Median household income

$56,250$49,821

Median home value

$93,500$120,300

Median gross rent

$775$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goose Lake	Low Moor
Under 5	2.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	33.0%	24.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	0.7%
25 to 34	9.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	21.7%	16.4%
45 to 54	5.5%	18.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	9.7%
65 to 74	5.5%	9.3%
75 and over	4.5%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goose Lake	Low Moor
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	92.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	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	2.3%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goose Lake	Low Moor
No high school diploma	23.7%	2.7%
High school graduate	12.4%	52.7%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goose Lake	Low Moor
Drove alone	96.9%	78.7%
Carpooled	1.6%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goose Lake	Low Moor
1-unit, detached	91.3%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Goose Lake	Low Moor
Poverty rate	20.6%	16.9%
Average household size	3.32	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1962	1938