Cumming vs Lacona

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

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

Cumming has the higher population (558 vs 307 in Lacona). Cumming has the higher median household income ($160,357 vs $70,647 in Lacona). Cumming has the higher median home value ($486,400 vs $92,500 in Lacona).

Population, income & housing

	Cumming	Lacona
Population	558	307
Median age	42.5 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$160,357	$70,647
Median home value	$486,400	$92,500
Median gross rent	$1,406	$800
Housing units	207	180
Homeownership rate	87.6%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.3%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumming	Lacona
Population	392 → 558 (+42.3%)	318 → 307 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$103,750 → $160,357 (+54.6%)	$52,500 → $70,647 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$354,700 → $486,400 (+37.1%)	$88,000 → $92,500 (+5.1%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,406 (+48.0%)	$617 → $800 (+29.7%)

Cumming

Population

392558

Median household income

$103,750$160,357

Median home value

$354,700$486,400

Median gross rent

$950$1,406

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)

	Cumming	Lacona
Under 5	6.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	21.0%	10.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	10.1%
25 to 34	5.4%	6.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	7.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	14.2%	24.4%
75 and over	4.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumming	Lacona
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	92.2%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumming	Lacona
No high school diploma	1.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	16.4%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	43.4%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumming	Lacona
Drove alone	72.2%	82.8%
Carpooled	2.2%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.6%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumming	Lacona
1-unit, detached	97.1%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Cumming	Lacona
Poverty rate	2.2%	9.4%
Average household size	2.88	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	24	39
Median year structure built	2001	1946