Lakota vs Lone Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Lakota and Lone Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

Lakota and Lone Rock are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lakota has the higher population (249 vs 127 in Lone Rock). Lakota has the higher median household income ($73,250 vs $56,250 in Lone Rock). Lone Rock has the higher median home value ($61,300 vs $42,300 in Lakota).

Population, income & housing

	Lakota	Lone Rock
Population	249	127
Median age	46.9 yrs	67.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,250	$56,250
Median home value	$42,300	$61,300
Median gross rent	$850	$1,025
Housing units	134	73
Homeownership rate	78.6%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakota	Lone Rock
Population	328 → 249 (-24.1%)	205 → 127 (-38.0%)
Median household income	$42,917 → $73,250 (+70.7%)	$60,625 → $56,250 (-7.2%)
Median home value	$31,600 → $42,300 (+33.9%)	$47,500 → $61,300 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $850 (+25.9%)	$600 → $1,025 (+70.8%)

Lakota

Population

328249

Median household income

$42,917$73,250

Median home value

$31,600$42,300

Median gross rent

$675$850

Lone Rock

Population

205127

Median household income

$60,625$56,250

Median home value

$47,500$61,300

Median gross rent

$600$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakota	Lone Rock
Under 5	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	4.7%
18 to 24	1.6%	3.1%
25 to 34	14.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	8.8%	6.3%
45 to 54	8.4%	9.4%
55 to 64	21.3%	9.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	30.7%
75 and over	10.0%	26.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakota	Lone Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakota	Lone Rock
No high school diploma	7.9%	14.5%
High school graduate	39.2%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	49.2%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakota	Lone Rock
Drove alone	82.8%	57.7%
Carpooled	3.4%	5.8%
Public transit	4.3%	19.2%
Walked	0.0%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	9.6%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakota	Lone Rock
1-unit, detached	94.8%	98.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakota	Lone Rock
Poverty rate	13.7%	2.4%
Average household size	2.13	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1938	1949