Lytton vs Wall Lake

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

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

Wall Lake has the higher population (641 vs 325 in Lytton). Wall Lake has the higher median household income ($59,306 vs $45,250 in Lytton). Wall Lake has the higher median home value ($116,500 vs $60,000 in Lytton).

Population, income & housing

	Lytton	Wall Lake
Population	325	641
Median age	45.5 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,250	$59,306
Median home value	$60,000	$116,500
Median gross rent	$609	$632
Housing units	155	313
Homeownership rate	64.3%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lytton	Wall Lake
Population	275 → 325 (+18.2%)	731 → 641 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$44,028 → $45,250 (+2.8%)	$56,458 → $59,306 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$42,200 → $60,000 (+42.2%)	$87,100 → $116,500 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$479 → $609 (+27.1%)	$500 → $632 (+26.4%)

Lytton

Population

275325

Median household income

$44,028$45,250

Median home value

$42,200$60,000

Median gross rent

$479$609

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)

	Lytton	Wall Lake
Under 5	4.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	11.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	18.5%	5.0%
35 to 44	7.4%	6.9%
45 to 54	15.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	22.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.5%	18.4%
75 and over	5.8%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lytton	Wall Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	95.0%
Black or African American	5.8%	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	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lytton	Wall Lake
No high school diploma	3.2%	6.0%
High school graduate	28.2%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	53.6%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lytton	Wall Lake
Drove alone	84.0%	79.5%
Carpooled	2.4%	10.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lytton	Wall Lake
1-unit, detached	83.2%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Lytton	Wall Lake
Poverty rate	9.2%	6.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1954	1962