Lakota vs Wesley

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

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

Wesley has the higher population (356 vs 249 in Lakota). Lakota has the higher median household income ($73,250 vs $65,625 in Wesley). Wesley has the higher median home value ($88,900 vs $42,300 in Lakota).

Population, income & housing

	Lakota	Wesley
Population	249	356
Median age	46.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,250	$65,625
Median home value	$42,300	$88,900
Median gross rent	$850	$625
Housing units	134	158
Homeownership rate	78.6%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakota	Wesley
Population	328 → 249 (-24.1%)	362 → 356 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$42,917 → $73,250 (+70.7%)	$53,036 → $65,625 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$31,600 → $42,300 (+33.9%)	$76,800 → $88,900 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $850 (+25.9%)	$489 → $625 (+27.8%)

Lakota

Population

328249

Median household income

$42,917$73,250

Median home value

$31,600$42,300

Median gross rent

$675$850

Wesley

Population

362356

Median household income

$53,036$65,625

Median home value

$76,800$88,900

Median gross rent

$489$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakota	Wesley
Under 5	3.2%	8.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	1.6%	3.4%
25 to 34	14.5%	18.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	7.6%
45 to 54	8.4%	9.6%
55 to 64	21.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	14.6%
75 and over	10.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakota	Wesley
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakota	Wesley
No high school diploma	7.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	39.2%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	49.2%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakota	Wesley
Drove alone	82.8%	85.3%
Carpooled	3.4%	7.3%
Public transit	4.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	3.7%
Other means	2.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakota	Wesley
1-unit, detached	94.8%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Lakota	Wesley
Poverty rate	13.7%	13.5%
Average household size	2.13	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1938	1957