Lake Park vs Wahpeton

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

Lake Park and Wahpeton 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 436 in Wahpeton). Wahpeton has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $73,977 in Lake Park). Wahpeton has the higher median home value ($463,300 vs $153,500 in Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Park	Wahpeton
Population	1,191	436
Median age	40.1 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,977	$86,667
Median home value	$153,500	$463,300
Median gross rent	$1,013	—
Housing units	598	754
Homeownership rate	88.1%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	57.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Park	Wahpeton
Population	1,230 → 1,191 (-3.2%)	396 → 436 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$60,208 → $73,977 (+22.9%)	$79,250 → $86,667 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $153,500 (+32.4%)	$350,000 → $463,300 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,013 (+30.7%)	$1,458 → $713 (-51.1%)

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

Wahpeton

Population

396436

Median household income

$79,250$86,667

Median home value

$350,000$463,300

Median gross rent

$1,458$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Park	Wahpeton
Under 5	8.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	19.4%	13.8%
18 to 24	2.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	7.6%
35 to 44	16.0%	7.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	13.8%	20.2%
75 and over	8.6%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Park	Wahpeton
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Park	Wahpeton
No high school diploma	1.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.8%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Park	Wahpeton
Drove alone	88.1%	58.2%
Carpooled	4.2%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	10.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	16.8%
Other means	0.3%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Park	Wahpeton
1-unit, detached	90.1%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	15.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Park	Wahpeton
Poverty rate	4.7%	5.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1965	1975