Lake View vs Lytton

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

Lake View and Lytton 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 325 in Lytton). Lake View has the higher median household income ($66,118 vs $45,250 in Lytton). Lake View has the higher median home value ($154,800 vs $60,000 in Lytton).

Population, income & housing

	Lake View	Lytton
Population	1,021	325
Median age	56.0 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,118	$45,250
Median home value	$154,800	$60,000
Median gross rent	$667	$609
Housing units	811	155
Homeownership rate	84.1%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake View	Lytton
Population	1,067 → 1,021 (-4.3%)	275 → 325 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$58,304 → $66,118 (+13.4%)	$44,028 → $45,250 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$119,100 → $154,800 (+30.0%)	$42,200 → $60,000 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$514 → $667 (+29.8%)	$479 → $609 (+27.1%)

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

Lytton

Population

275325

Median household income

$44,028$45,250

Median home value

$42,200$60,000

Median gross rent

$479$609

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake View	Lytton
Under 5	3.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	9.1%	11.7%
18 to 24	3.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	7.8%	18.5%
35 to 44	5.8%	7.4%
45 to 54	17.8%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	22.5%
65 to 74	17.2%	6.5%
75 and over	21.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake View	Lytton
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.8%
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	1.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake View	Lytton
No high school diploma	2.6%	3.2%
High school graduate	38.7%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake View	Lytton
Drove alone	87.9%	84.0%
Carpooled	2.8%	2.4%
Public transit	3.2%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake View	Lytton
1-unit, detached	80.1%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake View	Lytton
Poverty rate	6.3%	9.2%
Average household size	1.97	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1962	1954