Early vs Lake View

A side-by-side comparison of Early and Lake View: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake View has the higher population (1,021 vs 757 in Early). Early has the higher median household income ($76,083 vs $66,118 in Lake View). Lake View has the higher median home value ($154,800 vs $83,500 in Early).

Population, income & housing

	Early	Lake View
Population	757	1,021
Median age	39.0 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,083	$66,118
Median home value	$83,500	$154,800
Median gross rent	$588	$667
Housing units	358	811
Homeownership rate	69.0%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Early	Lake View
Population	705 → 757 (+7.4%)	1,067 → 1,021 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $76,083 (+60.2%)	$58,304 → $66,118 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $83,500 (+18.8%)	$119,100 → $154,800 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $588 (-6.8%)	$514 → $667 (+29.8%)

Early

Population

705757

Median household income

$47,500$76,083

Median home value

$70,300$83,500

Median gross rent

$631$588

Lake View

Population

1,0671,021

Median household income

$58,304$66,118

Median home value

$119,100$154,800

Median gross rent

$514$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Early	Lake View
Under 5	9.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	9.1%
18 to 24	10.4%	3.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	7.8%
35 to 44	6.5%	5.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	17.8%
55 to 64	20.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	17.2%
75 and over	6.9%	21.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Early	Lake View
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	98.8%
Black or African American	3.6%	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	0.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Early	Lake View
No high school diploma	12.6%	2.6%
High school graduate	30.3%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Early	Lake View
Drove alone	91.9%	87.9%
Carpooled	3.7%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	3.2%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Early	Lake View
1-unit, detached	77.9%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Early	Lake View
Poverty rate	11.8%	6.3%
Average household size	2.42	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1946	1962