Guernsey vs Holiday Lake

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

Guernsey 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 54 in Guernsey). Holiday Lake has the higher median household income ($76,863 vs $67,917 in Guernsey). Holiday Lake has the higher median home value ($257,800 vs $76,000 in Guernsey).

Population, income & housing

	Guernsey	Holiday Lake
Population	54	321
Median age	55.7 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,917	$76,863
Median home value	$76,000	$257,800
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	31	472
Homeownership rate	77.4%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.2%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guernsey	Holiday Lake
Population	46 → 54 (+17.4%)	396 → 321 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$31,458 → $67,917 (+115.9%)	$66,354 → $76,863 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $76,000 (+16.9%)	$181,300 → $257,800 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $850 (+7.9%)	—

Guernsey

Population

4654

Median household income

$31,458$67,917

Median home value

$65,000$76,000

Median gross rent

$788$850

Holiday Lake

Population

396321

Median household income

$66,354$76,863

Median home value

$181,300$257,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guernsey	Holiday Lake
Under 5	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	7.4%	5.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.9%
25 to 34	3.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	14.8%	4.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	22.7%
55 to 64	9.3%	7.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	33.3%
75 and over	33.3%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guernsey	Holiday Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guernsey	Holiday Lake
No high school diploma	24.4%	17.3%
High school graduate	51.1%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guernsey	Holiday Lake
Drove alone	89.7%	91.5%
Carpooled	3.4%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guernsey	Holiday Lake
1-unit, detached	96.8%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Guernsey	Holiday Lake
Poverty rate	14.8%	5.0%
Average household size	1.74	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	55	41
Median year structure built	1938	1970