Lake View vs Sac City

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

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

Sac City has the higher population (1,782 vs 1,021 in Lake View). Lake View has the higher median household income ($66,118 vs $57,487 in Sac City). Lake View has the higher median home value ($154,800 vs $106,400 in Sac City).

Population, income & housing

	Lake View	Sac City
Population	1,021	1,782
Median age	56.0 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,118	$57,487
Median home value	$154,800	$106,400
Median gross rent	$667	$620
Housing units	811	1,039
Homeownership rate	84.1%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake View	Sac City
Population	1,067 → 1,021 (-4.3%)	2,001 → 1,782 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$58,304 → $66,118 (+13.4%)	$49,744 → $57,487 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$119,100 → $154,800 (+30.0%)	$72,300 → $106,400 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$514 → $667 (+29.8%)	$648 → $620 (-4.3%)

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

Sac City

Population

2,0011,782

Median household income

$49,744$57,487

Median home value

$72,300$106,400

Median gross rent

$648$620

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake View	Sac City
Under 5	3.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	9.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	3.5%	3.9%
25 to 34	7.8%	10.4%
35 to 44	5.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	17.8%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	18.2%
65 to 74	17.2%	13.9%
75 and over	21.2%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake View	Sac City
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake View	Sac City
No high school diploma	2.6%	10.0%
High school graduate	38.7%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake View	Sac City
Drove alone	87.9%	90.4%
Carpooled	2.8%	4.6%
Public transit	3.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake View	Sac City
1-unit, detached	80.1%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Lake View	Sac City
Poverty rate	6.3%	12.7%
Average household size	1.97	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1962	1960