Early vs Wall Lake

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

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

Early has the higher population (757 vs 641 in Wall Lake). Early has the higher median household income ($76,083 vs $59,306 in Wall Lake). Wall Lake has the higher median home value ($116,500 vs $83,500 in Early).

Population, income & housing

	Early	Wall Lake
Population	757	641
Median age	39.0 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,083	$59,306
Median home value	$83,500	$116,500
Median gross rent	$588	$632
Housing units	358	313
Homeownership rate	69.0%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Early	Wall Lake
Population	705 → 757 (+7.4%)	731 → 641 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $76,083 (+60.2%)	$56,458 → $59,306 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $83,500 (+18.8%)	$87,100 → $116,500 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $588 (-6.8%)	$500 → $632 (+26.4%)

Early

Population

705757

Median household income

$47,500$76,083

Median home value

$70,300$83,500

Median gross rent

$631$588

Wall Lake

Population

731641

Median household income

$56,458$59,306

Median home value

$87,100$116,500

Median gross rent

$500$632

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Early	Wall Lake
Under 5	9.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.5%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	5.0%
35 to 44	6.5%	6.9%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	20.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	18.4%
75 and over	6.9%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Early	Wall Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	95.0%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Early	Wall Lake
No high school diploma	12.6%	6.0%
High school graduate	30.3%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Early	Wall Lake
Drove alone	91.9%	79.5%
Carpooled	3.7%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Early	Wall Lake
1-unit, detached	77.9%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Early	Wall Lake
Poverty rate	11.8%	6.1%
Average household size	2.42	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1946	1962