Holiday Lake vs Searsboro

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

Holiday Lake and Searsboro 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 120 in Searsboro). Holiday Lake has the higher median household income ($76,863 vs $50,625 in Searsboro). Holiday Lake has the higher median home value ($257,800 vs $96,400 in Searsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Holiday Lake	Searsboro
Population	321	120
Median age	54.6 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,863	$50,625
Median home value	$257,800	$96,400
Median gross rent	—	$930
Housing units	472	49
Homeownership rate	95.4%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holiday Lake	Searsboro
Population	396 → 321 (-18.9%)	166 → 120 (-27.7%)
Median household income	$66,354 → $76,863 (+15.8%)	$39,375 → $50,625 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$181,300 → $257,800 (+42.2%)	$72,200 → $96,400 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$663 → $930 (+40.3%)

Holiday Lake

Population

396321

Median household income

$66,354$76,863

Median home value

$181,300$257,800

Searsboro

Population

166120

Median household income

$39,375$50,625

Median home value

$72,200$96,400

Median gross rent

$663$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holiday Lake	Searsboro
Under 5	2.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	5.3%	17.5%
18 to 24	5.9%	2.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	4.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	22.7%	15.8%
55 to 64	7.2%	28.3%
65 to 74	33.3%	4.2%
75 and over	8.7%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holiday Lake	Searsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holiday Lake	Searsboro
No high school diploma	17.3%	11.5%
High school graduate	23.0%	58.6%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holiday Lake	Searsboro
Drove alone	91.5%	88.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holiday Lake	Searsboro
1-unit, detached	98.3%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Holiday Lake	Searsboro
Poverty rate	5.0%	20.8%
Average household size	1.65	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	41	27
Median year structure built	1970	1965