Arnolds Park vs Lake Park

A side-by-side comparison of Arnolds Park and Lake Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Park has the higher population (1,191 vs 911 in Arnolds Park). Arnolds Park has the higher median household income ($84,659 vs $73,977 in Lake Park). Arnolds Park has the higher median home value ($407,600 vs $153,500 in Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Arnolds Park	Lake Park
Population	911	1,191
Median age	64.2 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,659	$73,977
Median home value	$407,600	$153,500
Median gross rent	$671	$1,013
Housing units	1,634	598
Homeownership rate	89.7%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnolds Park	Lake Park
Population	1,009 → 911 (-9.7%)	1,230 → 1,191 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$48,188 → $84,659 (+75.7%)	$60,208 → $73,977 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$225,000 → $407,600 (+81.2%)	$115,900 → $153,500 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $671 (-20.5%)	$775 → $1,013 (+30.7%)

Arnolds Park

Population

1,009911

Median household income

$48,188$84,659

Median home value

$225,000$407,600

Median gross rent

$844$671

Lake Park

Population

1,2301,191

Median household income

$60,208$73,977

Median home value

$115,900$153,500

Median gross rent

$775$1,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnolds Park	Lake Park
Under 5	4.1%	8.0%
5 to 17	2.9%	19.4%
18 to 24	1.0%	2.8%
25 to 34	7.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	5.7%	16.0%
45 to 54	7.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	26.5%	10.2%
65 to 74	27.9%	13.8%
75 and over	17.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnolds Park	Lake Park
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnolds Park	Lake Park
No high school diploma	1.5%	1.0%
High school graduate	25.6%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnolds Park	Lake Park
Drove alone	77.8%	88.1%
Carpooled	10.6%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	6.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnolds Park	Lake Park
1-unit, detached	55.6%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	3.7%
20 or more units	11.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Arnolds Park	Lake Park
Poverty rate	5.9%	4.7%
Average household size	1.79	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1994	1965