Schaller vs Wall Lake

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

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

Schaller has the higher population (817 vs 641 in Wall Lake). Schaller has the higher median household income ($65,909 vs $59,306 in Wall Lake). Wall Lake has the higher median home value ($116,500 vs $73,700 in Schaller).

Population, income & housing

	Schaller	Wall Lake
Population	817	641
Median age	37.4 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,909	$59,306
Median home value	$73,700	$116,500
Median gross rent	$907	$632
Housing units	359	313
Homeownership rate	89.9%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Schaller	Wall Lake
Population	720 → 817 (+13.5%)	731 → 641 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$49,688 → $65,909 (+32.6%)	$56,458 → $59,306 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $73,700 (+2.2%)	$87,100 → $116,500 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $907 (+62.0%)	$500 → $632 (+26.4%)

Schaller

Population

720817

Median household income

$49,688$65,909

Median home value

$72,100$73,700

Median gross rent

$560$907

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)

	Schaller	Wall Lake
Under 5	6.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	20.0%	17.5%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	5.0%
35 to 44	15.7%	6.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	9.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	18.4%
75 and over	7.8%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Schaller	Wall Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	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	5.4%	0.0%
Some other race	4.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	22.4%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Schaller	Wall Lake
No high school diploma	20.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	34.0%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Schaller	Wall Lake
Drove alone	84.6%	79.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	7.8%
Other means	2.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Schaller	Wall Lake
1-unit, detached	92.5%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Schaller	Wall Lake
Poverty rate	12.7%	6.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1950	1962