Lake Park vs Orleans

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

Lake Park and Orleans 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 593 in Orleans). Lake Park has the higher median household income ($73,977 vs $66,058 in Orleans). Orleans has the higher median home value ($448,800 vs $153,500 in Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Park	Orleans
Population	1,191	593
Median age	40.1 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,977	$66,058
Median home value	$153,500	$448,800
Median gross rent	$1,013	$961
Housing units	598	635
Homeownership rate	88.1%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Park	Orleans
Population	1,230 → 1,191 (-3.2%)	469 → 593 (+26.4%)
Median household income	$60,208 → $73,977 (+22.9%)	$66,875 → $66,058 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $153,500 (+32.4%)	$387,500 → $448,800 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,013 (+30.7%)	$933 → $961 (+3.0%)

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

Orleans

Population

469593

Median household income

$66,875$66,058

Median home value

$387,500$448,800

Median gross rent

$933$961

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Park	Orleans
Under 5	8.0%	1.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	9.1%
18 to 24	2.8%	0.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	16.0%	17.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	5.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	19.2%
65 to 74	13.8%	22.3%
75 and over	8.6%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Park	Orleans
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Park	Orleans
No high school diploma	1.0%	13.6%
High school graduate	36.8%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Park	Orleans
Drove alone	88.1%	90.6%
Carpooled	4.2%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	5.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Park	Orleans
1-unit, detached	90.1%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Park	Orleans
Poverty rate	4.7%	1.9%
Average household size	2.35	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1965	1973