Carter Lake vs Neola

A side-by-side comparison of Carter Lake and Neola: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carter Lake has the higher population (3,773 vs 1,098 in Neola). Carter Lake has the higher median household income ($75,037 vs $68,859 in Neola). Neola has the higher median home value ($166,400 vs $161,200 in Carter Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Carter Lake	Neola
Population	3,773	1,098
Median age	40.1 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,037	$68,859
Median home value	$161,200	$166,400
Median gross rent	$1,115	$994
Housing units	1,461	414
Homeownership rate	84.3%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter Lake	Neola
Population	3,796 → 3,773 (-0.6%)	990 → 1,098 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$58,839 → $75,037 (+27.5%)	$67,188 → $68,859 (+2.5%)
Median home value	$113,900 → $161,200 (+41.5%)	$120,700 → $166,400 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,115 (+21.6%)	$870 → $994 (+14.3%)

Carter Lake

Population

3,7963,773

Median household income

$58,839$75,037

Median home value

$113,900$161,200

Median gross rent

$917$1,115

Neola

Population

9901,098

Median household income

$67,188$68,859

Median home value

$120,700$166,400

Median gross rent

$870$994

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter Lake	Neola
Under 5	5.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	19.7%	28.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	9.9%	7.7%
55 to 64	18.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	5.4%
75 and over	4.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter Lake	Neola
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter Lake	Neola
No high school diploma	9.8%	2.3%
High school graduate	52.6%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter Lake	Neola
Drove alone	84.5%	74.0%
Carpooled	3.4%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter Lake	Neola
1-unit, detached	74.3%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Carter Lake	Neola
Poverty rate	15.2%	6.3%
Average household size	2.72	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1972	1938