Sun Valley Lake vs Tingley

A side-by-side comparison of Sun Valley Lake and Tingley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sun Valley Lake has the higher population (162 vs 115 in Tingley). Sun Valley Lake has the higher median household income ($127,188 vs $62,679 in Tingley). Sun Valley Lake has the higher median home value ($485,300 vs $66,000 in Tingley).

Population, income & housing

	Sun Valley Lake	Tingley
Population	162	115
Median age	69.7 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$127,188	$62,679
Median home value	$485,300	$66,000
Median gross rent	—	$792
Housing units	552	74
Homeownership rate	95.5%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sun Valley Lake	Tingley
Population	220 → 162 (-26.4%)	117 → 115 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$72,292 → $127,188 (+75.9%)	$56,563 → $62,679 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$353,500 → $485,300 (+37.3%)	$50,000 → $66,000 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$600 → $792 (+32.0%)

Sun Valley Lake

Population

220162

Median household income

$72,292$127,188

Median home value

$353,500$485,300

Tingley

Population

117115

Median household income

$56,563$62,679

Median home value

$50,000$66,000

Median gross rent

$600$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sun Valley Lake	Tingley
Under 5	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	4.3%	2.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	6.1%
45 to 54	17.9%	7.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	45.2%
65 to 74	45.7%	7.8%
75 and over	17.3%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sun Valley Lake	Tingley
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	100.0%
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	5.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sun Valley Lake	Tingley
No high school diploma	2.6%	3.0%
High school graduate	2.6%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	40.0%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sun Valley Lake	Tingley
Drove alone	71.0%	96.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sun Valley Lake	Tingley
1-unit, detached	100.0%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Sun Valley Lake	Tingley
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.6%
Average household size	1.82	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1992	1978