Lakota vs Lu Verne

A side-by-side comparison of Lakota and Lu Verne: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lu Verne has the higher population (315 vs 249 in Lakota). Lakota has the higher median household income ($73,250 vs $56,667 in Lu Verne). Lakota has the higher median home value ($42,300 vs $38,100 in Lu Verne).

Population, income & housing

	Lakota	Lu Verne
Population	249	315
Median age	46.9 yrs	24.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,250	$56,667
Median home value	$42,300	$38,100
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	134	151
Homeownership rate	78.6%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakota	Lu Verne
Population	328 → 249 (-24.1%)	296 → 315 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$42,917 → $73,250 (+70.7%)	$56,250 → $56,667 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$31,600 → $42,300 (+33.9%)	$35,300 → $38,100 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $850 (+25.9%)	$657 → $788 (+19.9%)

Lakota

Population

328249

Median household income

$42,917$73,250

Median home value

$31,600$42,300

Median gross rent

$675$850

Lu Verne

Population

296315

Median household income

$56,250$56,667

Median home value

$35,300$38,100

Median gross rent

$657$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakota	Lu Verne
Under 5	3.2%	12.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	24.4%
18 to 24	1.6%	14.9%
25 to 34	14.5%	7.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	6.7%
45 to 54	8.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	21.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	4.4%
75 and over	10.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakota	Lu Verne
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.5%
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%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakota	Lu Verne
No high school diploma	7.9%	9.2%
High school graduate	39.2%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	49.2%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakota	Lu Verne
Drove alone	82.8%	67.9%
Carpooled	3.4%	10.4%
Public transit	4.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	6.7%
Other means	2.6%	9.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakota	Lu Verne
1-unit, detached	94.8%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.7%
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	Lu Verne
Poverty rate	13.7%	24.1%
Average household size	2.13	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938