Lake View vs Wall Lake

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

Lake View and Wall Lake 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 641 in Wall Lake). Lake View has the higher median household income ($66,118 vs $59,306 in Wall Lake). Lake View has the higher median home value ($154,800 vs $116,500 in Wall Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lake View	Wall Lake
Population	1,021	641
Median age	56.0 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,118	$59,306
Median home value	$154,800	$116,500
Median gross rent	$667	$632
Housing units	811	313
Homeownership rate	84.1%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake View	Wall Lake
Population	1,067 → 1,021 (-4.3%)	731 → 641 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$58,304 → $66,118 (+13.4%)	$56,458 → $59,306 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$119,100 → $154,800 (+30.0%)	$87,100 → $116,500 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$514 → $667 (+29.8%)	$500 → $632 (+26.4%)

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

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)

	Lake View	Wall Lake
Under 5	3.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	9.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	7.8%	5.0%
35 to 44	5.8%	6.9%
45 to 54	17.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	17.2%	18.4%
75 and over	21.2%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake View	Wall Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake View	Wall Lake
No high school diploma	2.6%	6.0%
High school graduate	38.7%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake View	Wall Lake
Drove alone	87.9%	79.5%
Carpooled	2.8%	10.4%
Public transit	3.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake View	Wall Lake
1-unit, detached	80.1%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake View	Wall Lake
Poverty rate	6.3%	6.1%
Average household size	1.97	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1962	1962