Lake Park vs Spirit Lake

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

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

Spirit Lake has the higher population (5,469 vs 1,191 in Lake Park). Lake Park has the higher median household income ($73,977 vs $73,627 in Spirit Lake). Spirit Lake has the higher median home value ($218,400 vs $153,500 in Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Park	Spirit Lake
Population	1,191	5,469
Median age	40.1 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,977	$73,627
Median home value	$153,500	$218,400
Median gross rent	$1,013	$885
Housing units	598	2,930
Homeownership rate	88.1%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Park	Spirit Lake
Population	1,230 → 1,191 (-3.2%)	5,069 → 5,469 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$60,208 → $73,977 (+22.9%)	$54,293 → $73,627 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $153,500 (+32.4%)	$156,300 → $218,400 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,013 (+30.7%)	$848 → $885 (+4.4%)

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

Spirit Lake

Population

5,0695,469

Median household income

$54,293$73,627

Median home value

$156,300$218,400

Median gross rent

$848$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Park	Spirit Lake
Under 5	8.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	2.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	16.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	10.2%	10.1%
65 to 74	13.8%	14.4%
75 and over	8.6%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Park	Spirit Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Park	Spirit Lake
No high school diploma	1.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	36.8%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Park	Spirit Lake
Drove alone	88.1%	79.4%
Carpooled	4.2%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	10.2%
Other means	0.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Park	Spirit Lake
1-unit, detached	90.1%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Park	Spirit Lake
Poverty rate	4.7%	7.0%
Average household size	2.35	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1965	1977