Holiday Lake vs Montezuma

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

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

Montezuma has the higher population (1,257 vs 321 in Holiday Lake). Holiday Lake has the higher median household income ($76,863 vs $63,375 in Montezuma). Holiday Lake has the higher median home value ($257,800 vs $157,800 in Montezuma).

Population, income & housing

	Holiday Lake	Montezuma
Population	321	1,257
Median age	54.6 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,863	$63,375
Median home value	$257,800	$157,800
Median gross rent	—	$843
Housing units	472	651
Homeownership rate	95.4%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holiday Lake	Montezuma
Population	396 → 321 (-18.9%)	1,338 → 1,257 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$66,354 → $76,863 (+15.8%)	$54,526 → $63,375 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$181,300 → $257,800 (+42.2%)	$106,800 → $157,800 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$697 → $843 (+20.9%)

Holiday Lake

Population

396321

Median household income

$66,354$76,863

Median home value

$181,300$257,800

Montezuma

Population

1,3381,257

Median household income

$54,526$63,375

Median home value

$106,800$157,800

Median gross rent

$697$843

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holiday Lake	Montezuma
Under 5	2.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	5.3%	12.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	10.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	4.4%	8.2%
45 to 54	22.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	7.2%	18.2%
65 to 74	33.3%	12.2%
75 and over	8.7%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holiday Lake	Montezuma
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holiday Lake	Montezuma
No high school diploma	17.3%	4.4%
High school graduate	23.0%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holiday Lake	Montezuma
Drove alone	91.5%	86.3%
Carpooled	4.6%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holiday Lake	Montezuma
1-unit, detached	98.3%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Holiday Lake	Montezuma
Poverty rate	5.0%	17.6%
Average household size	1.65	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	41	20
Median year structure built	1970	1973