Lake Panorama vs Menlo

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

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

Lake Panorama has the higher population (844 vs 355 in Menlo). Lake Panorama has the higher median household income ($149,722 vs $78,333 in Menlo). Lake Panorama has the higher median home value ($442,600 vs $107,100 in Menlo).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Panorama	Menlo
Population	844	355
Median age	55.6 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$149,722	$78,333
Median home value	$442,600	$107,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,078
Housing units	962	168
Homeownership rate	95.8%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Panorama	Menlo
Population	860 → 844 (-1.9%)	365 → 355 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$97,188 → $149,722 (+54.1%)	$53,000 → $78,333 (+47.8%)
Median home value	$369,400 → $442,600 (+19.8%)	$74,200 → $107,100 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$318 → $1,078 (+239.0%)

Lake Panorama

Population

860844

Median household income

$97,188$149,722

Median home value

$369,400$442,600

Menlo

Population

365355

Median household income

$53,000$78,333

Median home value

$74,200$107,100

Median gross rent

$318$1,078

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Panorama	Menlo
Under 5	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	7.3%	13.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	13.5%
25 to 34	3.9%	9.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	8.2%
45 to 54	23.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	21.0%	22.8%
65 to 74	14.2%	10.7%
75 and over	17.2%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Panorama	Menlo
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Panorama	Menlo
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	13.9%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Panorama	Menlo
Drove alone	78.1%	77.4%
Carpooled	10.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Panorama	Menlo
1-unit, detached	95.2%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Panorama	Menlo
Poverty rate	3.0%	5.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	34	23
Median year structure built	1992	1938