Carter Lake vs Treynor

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

Carter Lake and Treynor 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 1,228 in Treynor). Treynor has the higher median household income ($132,679 vs $75,037 in Carter Lake). Treynor has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $161,200 in Carter Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Carter Lake	Treynor
Population	3,773	1,228
Median age	40.1 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,037	$132,679
Median home value	$161,200	$250,000
Median gross rent	$1,115	$1,120
Housing units	1,461	486
Homeownership rate	84.3%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter Lake	Treynor
Population	3,796 → 3,773 (-0.6%)	1,022 → 1,228 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$58,839 → $75,037 (+27.5%)	$80,278 → $132,679 (+65.3%)
Median home value	$113,900 → $161,200 (+41.5%)	$162,500 → $250,000 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,115 (+21.6%)	$868 → $1,120 (+29.0%)

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

Treynor

Population

1,0221,228

Median household income

$80,278$132,679

Median home value

$162,500$250,000

Median gross rent

$868$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter Lake	Treynor
Under 5	5.6%	12.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	4.2%
25 to 34	10.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	18.2%	16.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.7%
75 and over	4.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter Lake	Treynor
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.9%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter Lake	Treynor
No high school diploma	9.8%	0.5%
High school graduate	52.6%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter Lake	Treynor
Drove alone	84.5%	85.9%
Carpooled	3.4%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter Lake	Treynor
1-unit, detached	74.3%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carter Lake	Treynor
Poverty rate	15.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.72	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1972	1971