Ackworth vs Lacona

A side-by-side comparison of Ackworth and Lacona: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lacona has the higher population (307 vs 92 in Ackworth). Ackworth has the higher median household income ($115,625 vs $70,647 in Lacona). Ackworth has the higher median home value ($400,000 vs $92,500 in Lacona).

Population, income & housing

	Ackworth	Lacona
Population	92	307
Median age	38.7 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$115,625	$70,647
Median home value	$400,000	$92,500
Median gross rent	—	$800
Housing units	40	180
Homeownership rate	66.7%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ackworth	Lacona
Population	261 → 92 (-64.8%)	318 → 307 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$73,750 → $115,625 (+56.8%)	$52,500 → $70,647 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$269,400 → $400,000 (+48.5%)	$88,000 → $92,500 (+5.1%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,200 (+40.2%)	$617 → $800 (+29.7%)

Ackworth

Population

26192

Median household income

$73,750$115,625

Median home value

$269,400$400,000

Median gross rent

$856$1,200

Lacona

Population

318307

Median household income

$52,500$70,647

Median home value

$88,000$92,500

Median gross rent

$617$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ackworth	Lacona
Under 5	5.4%	3.6%
5 to 17	23.9%	10.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.2%
35 to 44	28.3%	7.5%
45 to 54	16.3%	14.0%
55 to 64	7.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	1.1%	24.4%
75 and over	14.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ackworth	Lacona
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	92.2%
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	15.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ackworth	Lacona
No high school diploma	1.6%	2.6%
High school graduate	24.2%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ackworth	Lacona
Drove alone	89.8%	82.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	5.7%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ackworth	Lacona
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Ackworth	Lacona
Poverty rate	19.6%	9.4%
Average household size	2.79	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	31	39
Median year structure built	2003	1946