Lake View vs Odebolt

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

Lake View and Odebolt 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 905 in Odebolt). Lake View has the higher median household income ($66,118 vs $54,914 in Odebolt). Lake View has the higher median home value ($154,800 vs $98,100 in Odebolt).

Population, income & housing

	Lake View	Odebolt
Population	1,021	905
Median age	56.0 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,118	$54,914
Median home value	$154,800	$98,100
Median gross rent	$667	$499
Housing units	811	496
Homeownership rate	84.1%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake View	Odebolt
Population	1,067 → 1,021 (-4.3%)	915 → 905 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$58,304 → $66,118 (+13.4%)	$53,125 → $54,914 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$119,100 → $154,800 (+30.0%)	$75,100 → $98,100 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$514 → $667 (+29.8%)	$605 → $499 (-17.5%)

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

Odebolt

Population

915905

Median household income

$53,125$54,914

Median home value

$75,100$98,100

Median gross rent

$605$499

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake View	Odebolt
Under 5	3.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	9.1%	14.1%
18 to 24	3.5%	3.9%
25 to 34	7.8%	11.2%
35 to 44	5.8%	5.4%
45 to 54	17.8%	8.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	24.2%
65 to 74	17.2%	14.9%
75 and over	21.2%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake View	Odebolt
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake View	Odebolt
No high school diploma	2.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	38.7%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake View	Odebolt
Drove alone	87.9%	86.7%
Carpooled	2.8%	4.1%
Public transit	3.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.6%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake View	Odebolt
1-unit, detached	80.1%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake View	Odebolt
Poverty rate	6.3%	8.3%
Average household size	1.97	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1962	1955