Sac City vs Wall Lake

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

Sac City and Wall Lake 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 641 in Wall Lake). Wall Lake has the higher median household income ($59,306 vs $57,487 in Sac City). Wall Lake has the higher median home value ($116,500 vs $106,400 in Sac City).

Population, income & housing

	Sac City	Wall Lake
Population	1,782	641
Median age	48.5 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,487	$59,306
Median home value	$106,400	$116,500
Median gross rent	$620	$632
Housing units	1,039	313
Homeownership rate	67.2%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sac City	Wall Lake
Population	2,001 → 1,782 (-10.9%)	731 → 641 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$49,744 → $57,487 (+15.6%)	$56,458 → $59,306 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$72,300 → $106,400 (+47.2%)	$87,100 → $116,500 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $620 (-4.3%)	$500 → $632 (+26.4%)

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

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)

	Sac City	Wall Lake
Under 5	2.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	3.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	5.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	6.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	18.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	13.9%	18.4%
75 and over	13.5%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sac City	Wall Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	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	2.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sac City	Wall Lake
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	30.4%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sac City	Wall Lake
Drove alone	90.4%	79.5%
Carpooled	4.6%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sac City	Wall Lake
1-unit, detached	77.9%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Sac City	Wall Lake
Poverty rate	12.7%	6.1%
Average household size	1.84	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1960	1962