Nemaha vs Wall Lake

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

Nemaha 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 78 in Nemaha). Wall Lake has the higher median household income ($59,306 vs $55,000 in Nemaha). Wall Lake has the higher median home value ($116,500 vs $65,000 in Nemaha).

Population, income & housing

	Nemaha	Wall Lake
Population	78	641
Median age	37.6 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$59,306
Median home value	$65,000	$116,500
Median gross rent	$913	$632
Housing units	26	313
Homeownership rate	73.1%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	15.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nemaha	Wall Lake
Population	116 → 78 (-32.8%)	731 → 641 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$56,042 → $55,000 (-1.9%)	$56,458 → $59,306 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$45,800 → $65,000 (+41.9%)	$87,100 → $116,500 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $913 (+47.0%)	$500 → $632 (+26.4%)

Nemaha

Population

11678

Median household income

$56,042$55,000

Median home value

$45,800$65,000

Median gross rent

$621$913

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)

	Nemaha	Wall Lake
Under 5	5.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	30.8%	17.5%
18 to 24	2.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	5.1%	5.0%
35 to 44	9.0%	6.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	17.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	14.1%	18.4%
75 and over	2.6%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nemaha	Wall Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	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	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nemaha	Wall Lake
No high school diploma	12.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	41.7%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nemaha	Wall Lake
Drove alone	90.9%	79.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nemaha	Wall Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Nemaha	Wall Lake
Poverty rate	5.1%	6.1%
Average household size	3.00	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1938	1962