Deep River vs Holiday Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Deep River and Holiday Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Holiday Lake has the higher population (321 vs 315 in Deep River). Holiday Lake has the higher median household income ($76,863 vs $67,143 in Deep River). Holiday Lake has the higher median home value ($257,800 vs $82,100 in Deep River).

Population, income & housing

	Deep River	Holiday Lake
Population	315	321
Median age	35.4 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,143	$76,863
Median home value	$82,100	$257,800
Housing units	129	472
Homeownership rate	84.4%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deep River	Holiday Lake
Population	236 → 315 (+33.5%)	396 → 321 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $67,143 (+61.1%)	$66,354 → $76,863 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $82,100 (+25.5%)	$181,300 → $257,800 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$290 → $408 (+40.7%)	—

Deep River

Population

236315

Median household income

$41,667$67,143

Median home value

$65,400$82,100

Median gross rent

$290$408

Holiday Lake

Population

396321

Median household income

$66,354$76,863

Median home value

$181,300$257,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deep River	Holiday Lake
Under 5	2.5%	2.2%
5 to 17	29.8%	5.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	4.4%
45 to 54	4.1%	22.7%
55 to 64	19.4%	7.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	33.3%
75 and over	6.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deep River	Holiday Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deep River	Holiday Lake
No high school diploma	6.1%	17.3%
High school graduate	67.5%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deep River	Holiday Lake
Drove alone	72.5%	91.5%
Carpooled	18.1%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	3.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deep River	Holiday Lake
1-unit, detached	82.9%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Deep River	Holiday Lake
Poverty rate	9.2%	5.0%
Average household size	2.46	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	37	41
Median year structure built	1938	1970