Guthrie Center vs Lake Panorama

A side-by-side comparison of Guthrie Center and Lake Panorama: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Guthrie Center has the higher population (1,603 vs 844 in Lake Panorama). Lake Panorama has the higher median household income ($149,722 vs $67,679 in Guthrie Center). Lake Panorama has the higher median home value ($442,600 vs $117,100 in Guthrie Center).

Population, income & housing

	Guthrie Center	Lake Panorama
Population	1,603	844
Median age	36.0 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,679	$149,722
Median home value	$117,100	$442,600
Median gross rent	$839	—
Housing units	762	962
Homeownership rate	75.8%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guthrie Center	Lake Panorama
Population	1,678 → 1,603 (-4.5%)	860 → 844 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$50,598 → $67,679 (+33.8%)	$97,188 → $149,722 (+54.1%)
Median home value	$83,100 → $117,100 (+40.9%)	$369,400 → $442,600 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $839 (+24.9%)	—

Guthrie Center

Population

1,6781,603

Median household income

$50,598$67,679

Median home value

$83,100$117,100

Median gross rent

$672$839

Lake Panorama

Population

860844

Median household income

$97,188$149,722

Median home value

$369,400$442,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guthrie Center	Lake Panorama
Under 5	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	7.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	19.0%	3.9%
35 to 44	7.2%	8.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	23.2%
55 to 64	9.6%	21.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	14.2%
75 and over	12.5%	17.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guthrie Center	Lake Panorama
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.8%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guthrie Center	Lake Panorama
No high school diploma	9.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.1%	13.9%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guthrie Center	Lake Panorama
Drove alone	75.3%	78.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	11.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guthrie Center	Lake Panorama
1-unit, detached	85.3%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Guthrie Center	Lake Panorama
Poverty rate	15.5%	3.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	19	34
Median year structure built	1946	1992