Goose Lake vs Welton

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

Goose Lake and Welton 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 139 in Welton). Welton has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $70,625 in Goose Lake). Goose Lake has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $117,900 in Welton).

Population, income & housing

	Goose Lake	Welton
Population	309	139
Median age	30.8 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$76,250
Median home value	$125,000	$117,900
Median gross rent	—	$843
Housing units	104	52
Homeownership rate	94.6%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goose Lake	Welton
Population	207 → 309 (+49.3%)	133 → 139 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $70,625 (-0.9%)	$49,688 → $76,250 (+53.5%)
Median home value	$132,500 → $125,000 (-5.7%)	$86,700 → $117,900 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$739 → $843 (+14.1%)

Goose Lake

Population

207309

Median household income

$71,250$70,625

Median home value

$132,500$125,000

Welton

Population

133139

Median household income

$49,688$76,250

Median home value

$86,700$117,900

Median gross rent

$739$843

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goose Lake	Welton
Under 5	2.6%	0.7%
5 to 17	33.0%	23.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	11.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	6.5%
35 to 44	21.7%	15.1%
45 to 54	5.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	5.5%	8.6%
75 and over	4.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goose Lake	Welton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	88.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
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%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goose Lake	Welton
No high school diploma	23.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	12.4%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goose Lake	Welton
Drove alone	96.9%	84.3%
Carpooled	1.6%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goose Lake	Welton
1-unit, detached	91.3%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Goose Lake	Welton
Poverty rate	20.6%	2.9%
Average household size	3.32	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1962	1938