Carter Lake vs Oakland

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

Carter Lake and Oakland 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 1,500 in Oakland). Carter Lake has the higher median household income ($75,037 vs $72,500 in Oakland). Carter Lake has the higher median home value ($161,200 vs $144,600 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	Carter Lake	Oakland
Population	3,773	1,500
Median age	40.1 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,037	$72,500
Median home value	$161,200	$144,600
Median gross rent	$1,115	$856
Housing units	1,461	657
Homeownership rate	84.3%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter Lake	Oakland
Population	3,796 → 3,773 (-0.6%)	1,567 → 1,500 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$58,839 → $75,037 (+27.5%)	$67,222 → $72,500 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$113,900 → $161,200 (+41.5%)	$110,800 → $144,600 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,115 (+21.6%)	$655 → $856 (+30.7%)

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

Oakland

Population

1,5671,500

Median household income

$67,222$72,500

Median home value

$110,800$144,600

Median gross rent

$655$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter Lake	Oakland
Under 5	5.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.7%
18 to 24	9.8%	10.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	18.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.5%
75 and over	4.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter Lake	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	3.8%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter Lake	Oakland
No high school diploma	9.8%	9.8%
High school graduate	52.6%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter Lake	Oakland
Drove alone	84.5%	75.1%
Carpooled	3.4%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter Lake	Oakland
1-unit, detached	74.3%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carter Lake	Oakland
Poverty rate	15.2%	16.8%
Average household size	2.72	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1972	1956