Holiday Lake vs Malcom

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

Holiday Lake and Malcom 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 268 in Malcom). Holiday Lake has the higher median household income ($76,863 vs $73,056 in Malcom). Holiday Lake has the higher median home value ($257,800 vs $110,100 in Malcom).

Population, income & housing

	Holiday Lake	Malcom
Population	321	268
Median age	54.6 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,863	$73,056
Median home value	$257,800	$110,100
Median gross rent	—	$675
Housing units	472	124
Homeownership rate	95.4%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holiday Lake	Malcom
Population	396 → 321 (-18.9%)	262 → 268 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$66,354 → $76,863 (+15.8%)	$48,750 → $73,056 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$181,300 → $257,800 (+42.2%)	$83,200 → $110,100 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$608 → $675 (+11.0%)

Holiday Lake

Population

396321

Median household income

$66,354$76,863

Median home value

$181,300$257,800

Malcom

Population

262268

Median household income

$48,750$73,056

Median home value

$83,200$110,100

Median gross rent

$608$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holiday Lake	Malcom
Under 5	2.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	5.3%	10.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.3%	18.3%
35 to 44	4.4%	10.1%
45 to 54	22.7%	13.8%
55 to 64	7.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	33.3%	13.4%
75 and over	8.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holiday Lake	Malcom
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	95.9%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holiday Lake	Malcom
No high school diploma	17.3%	2.6%
High school graduate	23.0%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holiday Lake	Malcom
Drove alone	91.5%	88.4%
Carpooled	4.6%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holiday Lake	Malcom
1-unit, detached	98.3%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Holiday Lake	Malcom
Poverty rate	5.0%	17.3%
Average household size	1.65	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	41	22
Median year structure built	1970	1971